Giddy-Up Cowboy

Last Saturday we took Riley to Thanksgiving Point to their animal barn. We asked Riley earlier that morning if he wanted to go see some animals. After asking us several times if he could ride and elephant, a rhino or a giraffe he decided that a pony ride would be OK too. The kid really has no fear

As Riley usually does, he made friends with this little boy, named Jack, over a conversation about goats, and what the goats were doing.
He got to go on 2 pony rides. Both of which times he rode the biggest pony they had, all the while saying Giddy-Up Cowboy and Yee Haw.

He really wasn't interested in stopping to pose for a picture. There were to many animals in need of his attention

We fed cows, and goats, lambs, horses and chickens There were even turkeys making all sorts of strange noises.

The white horse bit Mat's knuckle while he was feeding it. For some reason Riley thought this was funny.

This goat was not shy at all about getting fed. Riley loved that he got right up on the fence. He grabbed his horns and patted his head. At one point I turned around to take a picture of Mat and Riley and he got a whole mouth full of my hair. Must not have tasted to good, but he tried it more than once.

Other than it being windy we had a great time. The whole ride home all Riley could talk about was riding the pony and all the cool animals he saw. He even got a few new animals to add to his collection for being such a good boy. I am sure we will be visiting there again soon, because like most two year olds he does not forget a thing.