Monday, May 22, 2006
Last week while Grandma Stout was in town we decided to visit a local nature center. We managed to snag a day with perfect weather (I think it was the only day it hadn't rained all week) and had all sorts of fun. While Grandma and I enjoyed looking at these adorable baby goats:
the boys were busy looking at this:
While Grandma and I discussed these:
the boys discussed this:
Getting the boys to look at any of the animals was like pulling teeth. Then, probably because there was no fence keeping them away, the boys had all sorts of fun watching these:
 
Denver chased the female turkey into some bushes, which sure upset the three males who immediately cornered Denver and let out some of the loudest gobbles I've ever heard.
Denver was also fascinated by the chickens, probably because he could stuff sticks and weeds in through the chicken wire, which piqued the chickens' curiosity. Of course that freaked me out because none of the chickens looked too healthy and all I could think was, "Are bald patches a sign of Bird Flu?"
There was a great big sleeping pig that the boys tried really hard to wake up, including throwing rocks at his head, but to no avail. We also saw some cows and some horses and some sheep. Finally the boys were sick of the smelly animals so we hiked up the hill to the playground which was what the boys really wanted to do all along. There was lots to climb on and slide down and I must admit it was a pretty great playground.
 
And of course I found this swing that I think Mark needs to build for me sometime after he builds a chicken coop for "the girls." It looks simple enough but sure was nice to sit in.
Anyway, we walked and played until our tummies were growling. Then, we picked Mark up for lunch and took Grandma to one of our favorite diners, Lucky's, where we enjoyed some fabulous malts and onion rings and probably gained back every ounce we lost while we were hiking around the Nature Center. But it sure was fun.
posted by Shana # 9:40 PM 
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