Rodeo 2011!

Rodeo Austin!
Sunday, March 20, 2011

The three of us had an excellent time at the Austin Rodeo!  None of us have ever been to it before, but this will definitely be an annual event for the Winglers.

Zoey loved the petting zoo.  There were goats and sheep and even a little kangaroo!  She would extend her arms pleadingly to an animal, but when it approached she'd suddenly get shy and shirk away.  Maybe next year we'll buy some feed and she can have more interaction with them.

I think she really enjoyed "playing farmer".  The kids "barn" that had the petting zoo also had this little setup where kiddos could "pick" fake apples, eggs, and potatoes from a little re-created farm play area.  I gave Zoey a little basket and away she went!

We got to see many beautiful animals at the livestock show portion of the rodeo.  Too bad Zoey couldn't pet them!  The sheep looked so cuddly.

We don't have a picture (it cost extra), but we all did pay to see this special exhibit of Lemur monkeys.  Zoey got to pet "Gizmo", a 10 month old adolescent Lemur.  He was too cute!  All the others were sleeping :(

lemurs look like:

Yee-Haw!