World Ag Expo

 

Today is day number 4 in our hotel in Tulare CA.

We are here for the World Ag Expo. Today is the last day. We get to pack up the booth tonight & start for home tomorrow. But, seeing as it is a 9 hour drive with 4 kids, we will go partway tomorrow & finally get home on Saturday.

Tuesday was the first day of the Expo & it was pouring.

 Acres and acres of mud everywhere.

 The  little boys were riding in their wagon & it tipped over dumping them in the mud.

Poor little Biscuit went face first into the mud & split his lip & got a bloody nose. He was a mess. Little Man was muddy & crying but unhurt. I think his brother broke his fall.

Once we got back to the truck we discovered that “Pup”, the Little Man’s must-have stuffed animal, was missing.

My husband retraced all of our steps & no Pup. Back at the hotel I did a frantic internet search to find his replacement. Finally after an hour I found Pup’s long lost twin. The price of the toy was fine. Shipping was more than the dog.

Sigh.

What are you gonna do? A sucker is a sucker. We ordered.

The next day , while window shopping, my 13 year old suddenly says “OH NO!”

He sheepishly walked up to me, reached into his huge coat pocket & pulled out…………..PUP!

He had stuck it in there earlier the day before, for safe keeping & in all of the hullabulloo of the wagon tipping he totally forgot.

He felt sooooooo bad.

I actually find it kind of funny

And at least we’ll have a ‘spare’ Pup.

Yesterday, in the course of the day, The Little Man managed to lock himself in the bathroom, almost take an unauthorized, unaccompanied elevator ride & do a little free lance landscaping for the hotel (he pulled up a plant by the roots).

Never a dull moment.

We're off this morning for a last go-round of the farm show. Keep your fingers crossed that we can make it thru without any injuries, tragedies or mishaps.

And Pup is staying in the truck.

Blessings.