Tuesday, October 23, 2012

an outing with the girls - gardner’s village

The girls and I snuck out this week on a fun adventure. We went to Gardner’s Village. I remember going here with my mom and baby brother (at the time). It has changed a bit, but the feel is still the same.

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We had purchased Abi a pass to the petting zoo! Oh it was so worth it too.

Abi first took time with the bunnies.

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After B’s finger got nibbled on, she was done with the animals up close.

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Abi then took on the chickens. She was so tender with them. One even decided to go to sleep in her arms.

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She found out this one laid blue eggs and thought that was way awesome!

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Then we took on the goats and sheep. This goat couldn’t stop eating the stroller. Needless to say, we are missing some tags on the back now :)

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Then for the alpacas who were sly but very gentle. This is where Abi got to ride one. She was hesitant, but took it on like a champ… and that fueled the fire for later you’ll see.

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This little one Bailey was my favorite. She was SO soft and way curious.

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Then we met the twin brother calves. The one with the bell was named Sir Loin. Great!

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Then we hit the geese and turkeys

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Then something happened that I thought wouldn’t. Last year Abi would have NOTHING to do with the pony rides. This year… she OWNED the pony ride… even though it was mini horses.

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Remember when I talked about fueling the fire? Well, here is the result of it. Abi went Mutton Busting? Yeah, she SO did! Without hesitation. She was just laughing up a storm and did it twice! This was our last event in the petting zoo and she was on cloud nine!!! She was so proud of herself and I was so proud of her too.

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Then to the hat shop we went-

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Our last stop was the candy shop -

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A Dum Dum for B-

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A unicorn horn for Abi-

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And some raspberry and root beer float fudge squares for me-

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What a wonderful afternoon full of memories and dirty hair because it was so darn windy.

1 comment:

Samantha said...

So fun! It's always nice to end with a treat as well.