We explored lots of new parks and found one not far from us with camp grounds and mountain bike trails. We walked on the trails since there weren't any bikes.
Having a picnic.
Beautiful B
A while back our Aunt D visited and brought this kite with her. She left it for us to fly. We tried it out and had SO much fun with it. We took it out every day to different parks. Some days we got it up and other days it kept diving to the ground. We're still learning about kite flying.
L ready to throw the kite to the wind.
A. instructing L. on the proper kite throw.
Handsome waiters and lovely hostess for a five-star restaurant, Yum Yum Yummy. You ought to try it next time you're in town.
Every break the kiddos get excited about making their own restaurant. They decide on the menu, make the grub, and serve it to T and I.
Chef A made fresh strawberry lemonade, Italian subs (or PB & J or PB & Honey or PB & B(ananas) for the picky palate), apples with caramel sauce or carrots with ranch, and homemade cinnamon rolls!
Yum, Yum, YUMMY!
After dinner entertainment was a puppet show: "If You Give a Pig a Pancake"
and a magic show, "The World of a Magician."
I was too enthralled in the show to remember to take a picture.
We also filled Spring Break with a trip to the dollar movie which was sold out. Luckily, there was a Dunkin' Donuts just down the road to boost our disappointed souls. Some folks in this house think donuts can solve any problem. All in all we had a great Spring Break and were sad to see school back in session.
Fortunately, L had a field trip planned for this week, so he was excited about that. He went to a wildlife preserve with lemurs, zebras, zonkeys, zorses, slothes, kangaroos, camels, monkeys, parrots, and bears, llamas, emus, wild pigs and an injured deer.
The workers brought out a joey (baby kangaroo) and a baby lemur for the children to pet.
It was very hands-on and up close. The children also saw the workers bottle feeding other baby kangaroos.
Do you see that baby lemur clinging to it's mama's tummy? It holds on tight while momma hops and climbs all around. In lemur society, the females dominate and the males are at the bottom of the lemur hierarchy Our guide reminded the students that in lemur society--"Girls Rule and Boys Drool!" The boys groaned at that reminder. The one boy lemur wouldn't even climb up to get the treats, because he would get clabbered by the girl lemurs. He had to wait his turn until the girls got their fill of the treat. Hmmm...lemurs might just have it right.
A favorite part of the trip was riding in the carts behind the tractor. The sides were fenced in and buckets of feed were placed on the sides. We rode out to the horses, zonkey (zebra + donkey), zorse (zebra + horse) and camels. They hurried to meet us and the kiddos could pet them while they ate.
If you look closely you can see the zorse behind the Clydesdale. See the brown horse with strips?
We rode through an enclosure of African animals while the driver played African music to get us ready. The buckets weren't filled for these animals, but food was spread on the ground near the tram cars, so we could see them up close.
L. with Spot the zebra. He had a black spot under his eye.
Cheeeze, Mr. Camel!
The buckets were filled for the camels and boy, are they slimy eaters! It was gross to see them chew with their mouths open, all slobbery with slimy spit and brown, mushy bits of food. So if someone says you eat like a camel, it is NOT a compliment! They don't brush their teeth much either, so if someone compares your teeth to a camel's, again, NOT a compliment. Actually, any comparison to a camel should NOT be taken as a compliment!
L. with his good friend H.
We had a blast and learned a ton too!
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