Our little family has recently spent our leisure time going to see a variety of animals. We started out at the zoo. Ellie was pretty nervous about the elephants at first, but she was completely fascinated.
She warmed up to the elephants, and has showed a marked interest in them in her books. We also saw a bird show and a few other animals. Unfortunately our trip got cut short because of the random thunderstorm that hit. We did try to wait it out, but that pavilion was just not enough shelter after an hour or so.
It was a lot of fun to spend time with friends and family though. What cute girlies!
We also visited Thanksgiving Point a couple of times on their two dollar Tuesday deal. I was excited to take Ellie's picture with the animals she knows from her books. It didn't really go according to plan.
The baby chicks weren't too bad though.
As part of the deal, there is a pony ride. Needless to say that if riding the plastic animals was met with hysterics, sitting on a live one didn't thrill her.
One week later, we tried the pony ride again. This is how it ended up.
She was more confident around the other animals the second time around.
We also went to the dinosaur museum. I had never been before, and it was a lot bigger than I expected. It was really cool, and Ellie actually enjoyed it a lot. She loved running around in there with throngs of people.
There were so many fun activities for kids. It was geared for a little older than Ellie, but still fun. So over all, Ellie's favorite way of looking at animals is in books, but fossils aren't too bad either.
She warmed up to the elephants, and has showed a marked interest in them in her books. We also saw a bird show and a few other animals. Unfortunately our trip got cut short because of the random thunderstorm that hit. We did try to wait it out, but that pavilion was just not enough shelter after an hour or so. 
It was a lot of fun to spend time with friends and family though. What cute girlies!
We also visited Thanksgiving Point a couple of times on their two dollar Tuesday deal. I was excited to take Ellie's picture with the animals she knows from her books. It didn't really go according to plan.
The baby chicks weren't too bad though.
As part of the deal, there is a pony ride. Needless to say that if riding the plastic animals was met with hysterics, sitting on a live one didn't thrill her.
One week later, we tried the pony ride again. This is how it ended up.
She was more confident around the other animals the second time around.
We also went to the dinosaur museum. I had never been before, and it was a lot bigger than I expected. It was really cool, and Ellie actually enjoyed it a lot. She loved running around in there with throngs of people.
There were so many fun activities for kids. It was geared for a little older than Ellie, but still fun. So over all, Ellie's favorite way of looking at animals is in books, but fossils aren't too bad either.
3 comments:
Oh Ellie. You and Anna both ought to brave up a bit!! That pony ride yesterday could have been so fun for them... if they weren't terrified. Oh well. What can you do? :)
She definitely prefers the dead animals...she's a true Deru. Poor little Ellie :(
Looks like you guys had an awesome end to the summer. We had so much fun on Labor Day with the whole family. It's too bad we can't hang out like that more often. Jane and Ellie need to become friends!
Ellie on the pony is absolutely hilarious. It makes me excited to have a toddler one day.
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