Matthew's Bday Experience

For Matthew's birthday experience this year, we thought first about taking him to a dog park because he LOVES dogs.  But then we thought that he might really dig going to a petting zoo.  His favorite iTouch app is Peak-A-Boo Barn, and he loves the barnyard animals. 

We originally contemplated the zoo, since they have a petting zoo, but remembered that there is no better place to see barnyard animals than the Houston livestock show!  Matthew got to see horses and cows, and pet the pigs, sheep, goats and llama...all of which he called 'dog'.  It was a really nice time, where the older kids enjoyed the carnival rides and Matthew enjoyed the animals. It was a great day celebrating our sweet baby Matthew!

Matthew wanted to sit with the animals and pet them.

Alyssa enjoys carrying Matthew around now. And he loves it too!

Jackson really enjoyed the animals and thought the best part was the goat's beard.

This was right after Mattie tried to get through the bars to get closer to the cow.

A boy after his Granddad's heart, Jackson's favorite part of the show-- the tractors.