Last Baby K weekend of summer was chock full!
We woke up Friday morning and sent Papa off to work before we went to Target and Bards Alley.
Early Saturday morning we went to Roer’s Zoofari (formerly known as Reston Zoo). We chose this instead of the National Zoo because it’s so much more interactive for younger kids.
And let me tell you, our grandgirl interacted with all manner of wildlife that day!
We started in the butterfly garden.
Where she worked tirelessly (as tirelessly as a three year old can work) to ‘catch’ a butterfly on her stick. (the sticks were long cotton swabs dipped in red powerade)
While she didn’t actually ‘catch’ a butterfly, both Papa and Birdie were able to coax one on, then Baby K got to hold those sticks.
In the barnyard Baby K fed goats and petted a wallaby.
The largest goat stole the cup of carrots right out of her hand.
According to Baby K “the wallaby not very soft”.
We went on the safari (a tram that drives through the part of the park where the llamas, deer, bison, cows, and water buffalo hang out) so we could feed the deer and llamas. She wasn’t entirely impressed…
But she was impressed by the camel.
That girl was hell bent to get on that camel!
She was so brave!
Though not quite brave enough to go by herself.
(Thing 2 says, “Sometimes you need some Birdie backup”)
Interacting with wildlife is exhausting work, y’all.
Sunday morning I trimmed her hair.
We played with blocks.
“Let’s build a playground for the dinosaurs!”
The triceratops spent most of his time destroying the structures as quickly as we could build them. “He say BASH! BASH! BASH! Birdie”
She found the old tobacco can full of buttons.
“We are pirates! This our button treasure! Arrgh!”
My brother, cousins and I played with these buttons at our grandmother’s house when we were kids.
Time with our grandgirl is always an adventure and I’m so grateful to have this time with her.
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