Boys will be boys

And that means being outside and getting dirty.  Owen really enjoys a good slide now. Unfortunately, he's barefoot on this one because he found a killer mud puddle that rendered his shoes pretty useless for the rest of the day.  (His friend, Carson, nearly lost his shoe in the muck.  It was that kind of mud.)

Speaking of Carson, here are the two boys sharing a nice picnic lunch.  This is shortly before the food ended up in the yard for the dog from a combination of wind and rambunctiousness.

Don't they look mischievous here?

The other day we had the sprinkler going, and Owen (again) is like a magnet for puddles.  Since it was bath night, we let him have at it.  I'll spare you the video, but let's just say this was good, clean fun for probably half an hour (could have been more, I'm sure!).  And yes, that's grass on his face.

Finally, I took Owen to the Eastern Idaho State Fair today.  I think he had fun!

Owen enjoyed checking out the Junior Rodeo Championships.  He was actually watching them and oohing and ahhing right along with the crowd.  We saw girls calf roping and boys riding steers.  Yeehaw!  I think the boys were ages 9-12.  Amazing to see them getting bucked around, falling on the ground, and getting up to do cartwheels.  Just took a move to Idaho to get these Texans to a rodeo.  Ha!

Owen preferred his Lil Crunchies to a delicious, loaded baked potato.  Could be a problem that we live in Idaho and he doesn't like potatoes...?

What can you say about a three-horned goat?  Weird...

They had some of the cleanest cows I've ever seen at the fair.  I actually found myself telling Owen, "pretty cow".  Never thought I'd say that phrase!  :)

 With all the animals in the petting zoo, this is what excited him the most.

Had to get in a picture with the Texas Longhorn!  Hook 'em!

P.S.  My garden is still producing!  Now we're overrun with tomatoes and zucchini and a few raspberries.  This is in addition to the parsley and basil that are thriving outside.  I've made lots of zucchini bread, sauteed zucchini, and donated tomatoes in exchange for a jar or two of a friend's salsa.  I think we'll have to kick it up a notch and do some veggie/tomato soup, tomato sauce/paste, and maybe learn how to can some tomatoes, too.