Parry Family Chronicles: Snake River Stampede

Monday, July 21, 2008

Snake River Stampede

We had a blast at the Snake River Stampede this year! We went to three nights of rodeo and enjoyed every minute of it. Or at least every minute of the first three events before the kids were done for the evening. Good thing the first three events include my favorite event...saddle bronc riding! Opa bought Grace a pair of pink cowgirl boots on Thursday and they haven't left her feet since. She loves them! She also loves her cowgirl hat this year which is a change from last year when she refused to leave it on for more then 2 seconds. She was so excited about going to the rodeo this year she told everyone we saw that's where we were going. She got to sit with her Great Grandpa for two nights which I know he really enjoyed. Ethan seemed to enjoy the show as well, though when we brought him up to the Rodeo Club he crawled directly to the bar every time we put him on the ground. I'm not so sure that's a good sign!

One exciting thing that happened this week was that Grace has turned a corner and is finally getting the hang of potty training for real this time. She's connecting the dots and is asking to sit on the potty and then actually goes! It's pretty exciting. She filled up her potty sticker chart and got new Curious George underoos as a reward. She even told me she needed to pee when we were watching the rodeo Saturday night so I booked it to the ladies restroom (thank God there was no line at the time!) and plopped her on a seat and she went! It was a pretty monumental event as anyone who has ever potty trained a child knows. So she got some cotton candy for a reward, her first taste of the fluffy stuff!

By Saturday evening everyone was pretty wiped but we still managed to stay up until 2am partying on the deck outside and eating more Breakfast Casserole and Butterscotch Rolls then we should. Tasty stuff! Sunday was a lazy day until that evening. More on that in the next post...it's a doozy of a tale!

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