This morning we joined the family in witnessing Lil’ Elvis getting baptized. She did really well and then slept a bit through the after-party. She woke up, ate and then entertained us with her walking. Man that kid can walk.
Her sister spent Friday night with us and then we went to the fair Saturday morning. We spent the majority of our time in the Kidworld area riding rides. We did venture out a little to look at a woman warming up her horse. I think she realized The Niece was very interested because the rider and horse started going through their paces. I don’t know diddly about horsemanship but that rider and her horse worked well together. We also checked out some of the young animals. The women working the “identify the seed” booth–actually I don’t know what it was called–did a really great job of explaining to The Niece all the seeds and what the seeds grew into. I thought it was brilliant when talking about barley they came up with a couple of foods that The Niece would have recognized. I, of course, would have just said beer. Clearly, I would have been a bad choice for that booth.
The Niece also took a pony ride and as I was leading the pony around the ring, The Niece asked me to let the pony run a little bit and for me to let go of the rope. I didn’t because I really didn’t want to finish our trip to the fair explaining to my sister about the hospital visit. Also, I don’t think that pony would have run if I had lit off a firecracker next to her.