Last week was baby animal days at the Amercan Heritage center in Logan. Paige has been learning all sorts of animal sounds so I thought it would be fun to take her up and see what she thought of all the animals. We went with two of my sisters and their children (it was their spring break). When I got their, Paige was wisked away in the stroller to hang out with her older cousins. They love to play with her and she really likes them.
The first activity was the pony rides. To get to the pony rides, you have to go through a stable filled with oxen. I told Paige that these were cows and she in turn mooed. She was kind of fascinated with them and maybe a little hesitant. Then they all started to moo at once. Since it was such an enclosed area, it was kind of loud and to Paige, SCARY! She didn't like them and was trying to climb over my shoulder to get away from them. I thought the pony ride would distract her so we hurried through the line. She wouldn't put on the required helmet and so I plopped her up on the horse just to see what she thought. The pony ride was not for her. She couldn't get off that pony fast enough. Maybe next year.
The next exhibit is the little animals. She wasn't interested in the pigs, or the goats, or the sheep for that matter. All she really wanted to do was push the stroller. We finally wandered over to the baby ducks and chicks. Now that was something that interested her. She touched a chick and thought that was okay then she went into the ducks to see that my neice, Breanna was holding one. She got down to Paige's level and Paige reached out, grabbed hold of the beak, and twisted. We were very lucky the duck's neck isn't broken. The next little animal were the bunnies. She liked them probably because they resemble grandma Roberts' cat. She petted and petted and then raked the fur. She just doesn't know her own strength. We are working on softly.
We walked around a little more and saw some more sites, the one that caught her attention the most was the plastic, bouncing horse. She rode that thing for a while until other kids started coming over to try it. She could have stayed there all day. I love showing her all these new things and waiting to see her reaction. She is so curious about everything.
Later was lunch at McDonald's playland with a slide just her size. That was a lot of fun. While Paige was down for a nap, all of the nieces got together to celebrate their birthdays and to make beaded bracelets. They got to pick their own beads and then they strung their beads onto an elastic. That was really fun and I think I got into it as much as they did.
Then for dinner that night, we found babysitters for everyone, and the adults all went to dinner at the Coppermill in Logan. It was a lot of fun to just have the adults their sharing a meal and actually being able to converse together. We definitely need to do that more. The worst part was missing Scott who was stuck at school all day into the evening. He works so hard and can't wait for the semester to be done so he can have a break too. Enjoy some pictures of our day with the animals.
