State Fair of Texas, Part 2 ~ 10-22-11

After lunch we  went to the Butterfly garden. Butterflies remind me of my mom and 

it was special to be able to visit the garden.

 On the grounds they had some beautiful flowers and relaxing spots.

 Then Gary gets the idea to pose with Cameron in a funny get-up.

 In the garden, Braydon was in awe of the butterflies.

 Cameron and Braydon sitting pretty.

 Braydon decided rather than walking up the stairs he would crawl up them.

Beautiful butterfly and frog art we saw after leaving the butterfly garden.

 Braydon couldn't take it any longer.

 Cameron trying out a truck.

 A trip to the State Fair wouldn't be complete without seeing Big Tex.

 Michael and Cameron trying out the remote control cars in the Toyota tent.

 Next we went to the Dodge area where Cameron tried his had at roping a calf.

 The guy operating the calf roping payed us the ultimate compliment as parents. He said that Cameron was the ONLY kid all day to be polite and say thank you. He said he had seen hundreds of kids. It made us proud and it is hopefully just the beginning of how far his manners take him.

 We just had to see this year's butter sculpture. Yep, I said butter. 

It was about 20 feet long and had life-size animals and people.

 We found this cool old phone booth and Michael had to have his fun with it.

 One of the last events of the evening was a pig show. 

Another big pig but had nothing on big momma from earlier in the day.

 And then there were the little piglets that raced around the track and squealed.

And then we had this piglet that started his bid imitation when he wanted something to eat 

that someone else had. Too funny that we all cracked up laughing.

To top off the evening Cameron got some old-fashioned rock candy. 

And or course he got his favorite color, purple!