Jeffer took an entire day off today...(in the middle of the season, that's huge!)...to take us to the Butterfly Jungle at the Wild Animal Park. Well, we drove the hour and a half...or however long it takes to get there, just to see the butterflies, and when we got there, the line was HOLY LONG! So, rather than waiting and waiting and waiting with a 3 week old baby and a crazy little 2 year old, we asked Max if it'd be OK if we fed the birdies (which is totally awesome all the time) and go to the little petting zoo and call it a day. So, we bailed the line and fed the Lorikeets...
...and pet the deer that are in the petting corral. Max is getting so big, huh?!?
Then we decided that really, we drove forever to see the butterflies, and it was the last day to see them, dang it, we were going to wait in line until Max couldn't deal with himself anymore, and then we'd go home. At least we would have tried...
So we waited and waited...for over an hour and a half. Max was AMAZING all day, and amazing in the line for so long! Ivy was AMAZING all day, she ate before we left, slept all the way there, and in the baby bjorn...I fed her once while we waited in line, and then slept all the way home...holy amazing baby! (we were gone from noon-ish to 6:15 and she only ate once...and didn't even make a peep)
ps...don't laugh, we don't know if we worked the bjorn right...but she didn't fall out, so we're good, right?
Ivy sported a large flower on her head in hopes that the butterflies would land on her...dang! it didn't work.
Anyways, it was worth the wait, Max loved to see the huge freaking spiders and cockroaches that lived in the cave that preceded the butterfly jungle (caged, of course).
The butterflies were sooo cool, there were a gazillion all over the place, and they got so close to us. Unfortunately none landed on us (per Max's request, he didn't want ANY to land on him) and our photographer didn't get any pictures of us and the butterflies (he needs some instruction) but they were awesome!
Anyway, our first family outing with the four of us was really fun. Jeff was a really good sport, seeing as he messed up his ankle while playing softball with the ward this morning. He didn't complain once as he hobbled about the zoo, literally hobbled. I'm so thankful for my family!
...and pet the deer that are in the petting corral. Max is getting so big, huh?!?
Then we decided that really, we drove forever to see the butterflies, and it was the last day to see them, dang it, we were going to wait in line until Max couldn't deal with himself anymore, and then we'd go home. At least we would have tried...
So we waited and waited...for over an hour and a half. Max was AMAZING all day, and amazing in the line for so long! Ivy was AMAZING all day, she ate before we left, slept all the way there, and in the baby bjorn...I fed her once while we waited in line, and then slept all the way home...holy amazing baby! (we were gone from noon-ish to 6:15 and she only ate once...and didn't even make a peep)
ps...don't laugh, we don't know if we worked the bjorn right...but she didn't fall out, so we're good, right?Ivy sported a large flower on her head in hopes that the butterflies would land on her...dang! it didn't work.
Anyways, it was worth the wait, Max loved to see the huge freaking spiders and cockroaches that lived in the cave that preceded the butterfly jungle (caged, of course).
The butterflies were sooo cool, there were a gazillion all over the place, and they got so close to us. Unfortunately none landed on us (per Max's request, he didn't want ANY to land on him) and our photographer didn't get any pictures of us and the butterflies (he needs some instruction) but they were awesome!
Anyway, our first family outing with the four of us was really fun. Jeff was a really good sport, seeing as he messed up his ankle while playing softball with the ward this morning. He didn't complain once as he hobbled about the zoo, literally hobbled. I'm so thankful for my family!
1 comment:
So much fun!! I love it when Jared has a day to spend with us... we are just wrapping up his week of vacation and I'm not ready for him to go back... but the good news is we found a house in Michigan, yay! Mission Accomplished!! Glad you got to see the butterflies. (sorry the wait was so long) Have you ever been to the ostrich farm between Phx and Tucson? Your post reminded me of a time we stopped there and fed Lorakeets, deer and ostriches--lots of fun!
Post a Comment