#mutton busting

so basically, imagine you’re a kid who’s grown up around rodeos and you think it’s so cool to see the adults riding on a bull and holding on and all that jazz. so you want to try it too! but, you are a child, and not very large, so instead of riding a bull, they test your riding prowess by having you hang on to a sheep…absolutely unhinged behavior.

mutton busting

aka strapping a small child onto the back of a sheep

and seeing what happens

according to wikipedia it started in the 1980′s

most kids fall off in less than 8 seconds

and idk man

This week, I got a video from my kids of my first grandson’s Mutton Bustin’ (at least, known to me). It was worthy to share and then comment on … We do a lot of crazy things. We seek excitement and adventure. But we also hate to see tears fall down the face of tiny ones we love. Yet, will the tears make him stronger? Will they challenge him to get back up and beck on the horse. OOPS, on the…