Rodeo

A few Sunday's ago we were sitting at home on the couch and Addison and I began watching bull riding, he really got into it so I told Adam when he got home, he looked it up on the internet and found out we were so lucky to have a rodeo coming to Columbus in two weeks.  Christian, Heather and Vivian met us at Spaghetti Warehouse for dinner and the enjoyed the rodeo with us !!  Addison and Ayla were gearing up for the rodeo in the best cowgirl/cowboy clothes we have!!

Daddy even bought a cowboy hat!!

Daddy, Addison, Ayla, and Vivian waiting for the bulls!!

Introducing the cowboys/cowgirls

They had bareback riding with horses and saddled horses.  Most guys made it 8 seconds on the horses, however some didn't and it was interesting to watch how they mangaged the animals through the entire rodeo. ( can you guess what is set up in the toy room... yes our very own rodeo)

Doggy tricks, they said they rescued 10 dogs from animal shelters over the years and they did some cute little tricks!!!

Only ONE cowboy was able to ride for 8 seconds.  The bulls were quite wild and hard to stay on, you could see them bucking in the pins while waiting........very interesting.  They had one bull that 48 cowboys had ridden and no one has stayed on him 8 seconds yet!!!!!!!!!!!!

We didn't manage to get any photos of actual riding here. They had little kids trying to ride these bucking sheep.  The kids didn't manage to stay on very long but it was fun to watch them try! Addison wants to try riding the sheep......They also had cowgirls doing barrel racing which was also very neat to watch! It was  a long show but we had lots of fun!!

A video of one attempt to ride the bull.....

                                           another bull ride attempt......

Ali's 5 !

Ali our friend from the baby sitter turned 5 this week.  We made our first piece of pottery today at Hartstone Pottery, we didn't get any pictures of the actual paiting ( wonder why) and we are waiting for them to fire the pots, we will post our creations in the future.....It was a neat place and fun party with lots of our friends!

Quinn, Ali, Elle, ( the first 3 girls will be in KG with Addison next year) Anna, Taylor and Braxton

Taylor, Anna, Ali, Elle, Addison, Ayla, Garrett

Garrett, Braxton

Build - A- Bear.....or Wolf and Reindeer!!

This year for Valentines Day we decided to take the kids to Build A Bear.  This is the first time we had ever gone.  Katie, Cooper and Baby Jack met us at Tuttle Mall for the fun!! Here is Addison and Ayla in line trying to decide which animal to make!

final decision, Clarice the Reindeer and Alfa the Wolf!

waiting to stuff

Katie and Baby Jack

Ayla stuffing Clarice

Addison Stuffing Alfa

Cooper brought his Rufus and they were all fluffing the animals.

All nice and clean!

Two very happy kids!! It was a fun night! Thanks Enochs Family!

Celebrating Grandma Becky's Birthday!!

                            Whoa!! I made two baskets on my own last week and three this week!!

I am getting closer to making it, the ball keeps getting higher and higher!!

dribbling....

dribbling......

Grandpa Patrick, Grandpa Tom and Ayla, Grandpa John and Addison waiting for lunch!

The grandpa's with Grandma Becky & Grandma Beth & Daddy.  They all came to watch us play basketball today! We missed Grandma Patrick.

We made a brownie cake with lots of powdered sugar.  We had a special dinner for Grandma Becky's Birthday!!

* Another Snow Day*

Well it really wasn't snow yesterday or today, it was ICE.  Yesterday the kids and I hung out and really didn't do much.  Adam made it to work both days.  The temperature is dropping today so the kids wanted to start a fire so they helped me carry in the firewood, so of course we had to run the sweeper after they helped.  They wanted to run the sweeper to help some more.  Here is Ayla struggling to push the big sweeper,  Addison helped as well but I forgot to take his picture, the toyroom is set up like the Wilds!! 
They have been playing very well it has been a nice 2 snow days.  I have lost count now how many but I am sure I will find out soon enough!!!!!!!!!!

*Winter at the Wilds*

Today after basketball we had a very special day!! We went to the wilds to see some things we have not seen yet!! We also haven't been to the wilds in winter in a long time and it was really different!!The picture above is the mother (Kamaria)of one litter of cheetah cubs that were born near the end of October.  She had two cubs that are living at the wilds. 

Addison helped feed them pans of meat, see the little one peaking around the corner..sooo cute!!

                                                                   momma and cub

                                                             cub

Ayla helped feed these three cubs the mom is Tabu.  The little ones are not officially named yet.  It is a different process since the zoo has taken over.  The cubs were so much cuter than we ever imagined.  These three cubs were born about 1 1/2 weeks later than the litter above.

                                             Tabu showing her cubs  how to eat meat....yummy!!

I think Tabu had 4 cubs but one was not doing well and was pulled and joined another litter, the first litter born at the wilds, the mom was a first time mom and did not take care of them.  You may have seen the 4 of them on TV, they have been on talk shows and news programs.  They are being hand raised by people from the Columbus Zoo.  Lots of great things going on at the wilds and lots of changes, be sure to come out this summer!!!!!!!!

 Karmaria and her cubs outside as we were leaving with full bellies..

Addison and Ayla helped Adam open the door to allow the giraffe back in after he had cleaned the floor and it had dried, training to work at the wilds some day...........

           Mickey ate some bread from the kids today! Addison usally is comfortable feeding them but Ayla really enjoyed it today, Mickey stuck her tongue out to grab the bread, it is super long!!

This is the 11th baby rhino born at the wilds.  Her mom is Julie and the dad is Fireball, one of Addison's favorites.  She was born a couple of weeks ago.  She is very frisky she was running around and jumping around it was soo funny, she was so tiny and cute!

Rhino calf running around a little... super cute. She bucked around and was showing off.

                                              

Ayla was petting Sally who was also born at the wilds.  Ayla was very comfortable around the rhinos this time as well.  It was very neat seeing all of the rhinos in the barns!

Hay chopper, modified by Adam..haha.  One of the indian rhinos is old and has a tough time eat the hay so they have to chop his hay up every day so Adam was showing my dad how it works.  It looks like grass to me after its all chopped. I think Assam is one spoiled rhino!!

Addison's favorite animals is the Takin.  The wilds has been very successful in breeding them they now have around 30, the largest herd in the United States.  They started off with 7.  They do very well in the winter as well!!

We also had to check on Gobi the camel he is on the left.  My mom was with us her name is Beth, the same as the camel pictured on the right.  Mom got all excited when Addison told her, but he was quick to let her know that Beth wasn't his favorite because she had a twisted hump.. Adam also said she is often lame. 

Baby its COLD outside.... Snow Day #4!!

They made all of the "buckeye" balls themselves...

Proud and a little too confident about our treats for Daddy!!

We got several inches of snow last night and found out before we went to bed that we had a snow day!! We had decided next snow day we would make some Valentine treats we say in a magazine, so we did it today! We made turtles, buckeyes and chocolate covered marsmallows! Addison and Ayla pretty much did it all! ( they will do anything for chocolate like their mom!!) We played in the snow last night since we knew it was going to be too cold today.  Adam was with us last night so we could watch Addison ramp over a little hill.  It was fun and the snow was really coming down while we were outside, so pretty!! I am not sure if I will be able to work a full day and go 5 days a week again???? We have had many 2 hour delays , 2 hour early dismissals since Christmas well we had several even before Christmas as well so it will be very difficult to get back into that routine. haha!  Adam said the roads were really bad on his way to work today it took him a long time to get there but he made it!  Stay Warm!!