Joe & I treated Magnus to his first trip to the fair! I was a little bit afraid that "mommy" would be the only one getting the treat, since I didn't know how long Magnus would last, and I figured Joe would just be "enduring" since he'd had a long, tiring weekend to TX and had spent a near-sleepless Sat. night attending the Cattle Baron's Ball with his passengers/co-pilot. (He'll have to blog about his own adventures though.) But, our day at the fair was actually a very fun day (for all of us, I think!) and Magnus didn't fuss until it was time to get in the car and go home! The bad news is that my camera is having issues and only lasted for one picture! I was devastated! Here is "the" picture though, that was taken at the high-school rodeo. Joe & I decided that high school rodeos are actually more fun than professional ones! We got a barrel of laughs! The other (better) Kodak moments that you WON'T get to see, but will hopefully be forged into my memory forever, are of Magnus in his cowboy hat, flannel shirt, Levi's and little bare feet - reaching through the wires to pet little piglets (Daddy supported him so he could stand there)... him standing on the side rails (again with daddy's help) of the arena at the rodeo watching the cowboys & cowgirls do all that cool rodeo stuff.... petting the snoozing rodeo horses and those wooly Icelandic sheep.... getting his diaper changed in VERY fancy horse trailers with living quarters that were all leather and western... petting a baby duckling and getting it held up against his face so he could hear it "peeping"... daddy in his cowboy hat feeding Magnus (in HIS cowboy hat) his bottle during the rodeo, as Magnus looked at all the people sitting behind us... and, well, you get the the picture. Well, maybe not the picture - but the idea, anyway. The pictures will have to wait until next year.
