horses, carousels, and merry-go-rounds

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Here's what we've been up to lately...

Ethan and I went to the park! There's one right by the library...nothing fancy, but he really liked walking around and picking up things off the ground (like rocks, or "balls" as he calls them).

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Here's Ethan at Nana and Granddad's. He's got a chocolate mustache...and he's showing off his belly.
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Apparently those Baby Einstein videos are paying off...Ethan's got skills when it comes to the piano.
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We went to Hemphill to visit my sister Jill and her family. They have two horses and Johnny let us ride 'em! It was so much fun, I felt like a kid again! Thanks Ratcliff's, we had a great time!

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My sister Rachel, and my neice Katherine got to ride together.

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Ethan really fit in with the country crowd.

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Ethan and his cousin Bryn.

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The Southtexas State Fair was going on for 2 weeks and my in-laws were so sweet to invite us. I took Ethan into the petting zoo and they had some really cool animals. Ethan was kind of scared at first, but then he warmed up to 'em.

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They had a miniature horse...

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a camel...

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goats...

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a pig...

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and a kangaroo! (He's kind of hiding in the corner.)

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I rode with Ethan on one ride, but I get motion sickness really easily, so his uncle Todd took him on the carousel for me. He was scared for the first half of the ride, but was eventually ok with it. In this picture, he's trying to hand me his blanket so I can hold him, lol.

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Ethan and uncle Todd

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Of course, Ethan had to try some fair food. I think he's eating lamb. Jonathan and I took Ethan another day and tried squirrel on a stick, alligator on a stick, cheesecake on a stick...pretty much everything on a stick...and who doesn't love funnel cakes, right? So we stuffed our faces and had so much fun. But, next time I'm riding the ferris wheel :) .

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