My spontaneous moment

I am not a spontaneous person. Scheduling something two days in advance is spontaneous to me. But when I saw the great forecast on Tuesday morning and knew that my husband needed to sleep all day to recover from his back-to-back midnight shifts, I decided to get out of the house with the kids. And, thankfully, it was a good decision. So much so that I might even try being spontaneous again, but not any time soon!

With numerous options open, we decided to go to a local attraction called Grant's Farm. S. absolutely loved it and just kept saying, "I love this, Mom!" We have been there numerous times since moving here, but E. was the only one who remembered visiting. We rode the tram, watched the elephant show, brushed the goats, and saw some really cool animals. (Grandpa, we even saw a 5 week old mustang!)

I tried a few times for a group photo. P. was more interested in finding her water bottle though!

At the elephant show.
In the goat pen. There are easily over 100 young goats in there! I try not to think about where the goats go when they outgrow this area ... because there are no other goats located on the farm. Goat cheese ... goat meat ... glue ... maybe a secret ingredient in Budweiser ... ewww.
A free-roaming peacock that met us out on the road as soon as we arrived on the tram. It was stunning!
After gathering up his courage, a video of E. feeding a camel. S. wouldn't even think of it--she was certain he would bite!


At the zoo
While Grant's Farm is pretty cool, we also like visiting the zoo. We went one day back in March when the temperature reached 70 degrees. We were there with thousands of other people ... on a Wednesday morning at that! But going early on a spring morning yielded a lot of active animal encounters. One of our favorite parts was the penguins. We had just watched Happy Feet the week before and the penguins were very chatty during their breakfast. Again, S. was amazed. It is like she is discovering the world and everything is really coming to life for her.

With the penguins.


On the carousel. Can you catch a glimpse of Ty and the kids?







P. speaks
P. is becoming quite the little talker. She will come into the room, walk up to me, and proceed to tell me a story about ... well, something! Just this week she said S.'s full name for the first time. She can also say the dog's full name and is now choosing what she would like to eat and wear by pointing at her choice and saying, "that one." It is really cute. She also follows the dog around the house telling him, "no, no, no." Chester doesn't think that is so cute. It is amazing how fast she is growing up and how her personality is really emerging.