Watching the Bulls

She is terrified of the rodeo clown. Wouldn't you know that the his favorite spot to stand was right by us. She would get as close to me as she would try to climb over the lawn chair to get away. She wanted to watch the bulls but couldn't focus, because she wanted to make sure he wasn't getting close. She was scared enought that after we would take her away from our seats to calm her down she didn't want to go back to our seats. I wonder if she has read Stephen King's "IT"?

She sometimes calls these boots, sometimes she calls them bulls. I guess it is because she always wears them at the bullridings.

Our little ham

Bunny Love

She would say "ohhhhh."

She would win an animal look alike contest in the picture. They both are so cute!

Here comes Peter Cottontail...

When bunnies visit our yard Charleigh chases them and tries her best to catch them. She fianlly is able to pet a bunny and she loved it.

Grandpa had to get Charleigh her very own palm leaf hat. It is just like her daddy's. Probably even close in size since she got my head.

This is the dairy house where we all got ice cream. Charleigh would only eat her Grammy's sugar free ice cream and not any of ours. We tried to share with her but she only wanted the plain ole' vanilla. Behind her is a little girl and her calf carved out of butter, I thought it was neat.

Everyone in thier hats... in the rainforest at the fair. They had monkies, lemurs, pythons, other reptiles and a horse and kittens. A horse and kittens in the rainforest? Yeah I thought it was odd too.

Always a must....

......is the petting zoo at the state fair. This one of the best petting zoos I have ever seen. They used to come to the Warrenton Fair years ago and I would always go see all of the animals. Charleigh loved to feed and pet everything. She would even speak their language to them, the ones she didn't know like the Camel and the Bongo she would say "MOOOOOOO". She is crazy for any animal.

More fun at ther petting zoo....

I had a donkey just like this when I was in 7th or 8th grade. He would follow me around like a puppy when he was this size.

The Zebu

She loved feeding all of the animals and would have stayed here all day if we let her.

She claps for herself. Way to go!

She smiled the entire time, it was just at the animals instead of at me with the camera.

Grandpa.... take turns.

Horse Racing at the State Fair

Charleigh and Mom know to smaile for the camera, now if only we could train Dad.

She was clapping for the horses as they came around the track.

She does this a lot now. She claps while she is bent over and calls for people like she is calling a tiny puppy to come to her.

This scarf thing isn't a new fashion statement, it is one of those cold gel things to keep her cool, it hit record highs the week of the fair. However, the heat could never slow this wild child down.

Sweet Summer Time.

What are we going to do when the summer is over? Water is one of her favorite things to play in/with.

In the Barn

She has a sand box, but she likes to play in the corn for the horses.

I was around the corner squirting her with the hose.

She thought that her Grandpa might save her. I just spayed them both.