Sentence of the Day- Animal Farm

We went to the Winston-Salem Greek Festival, yesterday, and our friends' daughter, Cecilia, was riding in the back with Katy. The girls were being silly and pretending to be various animals. They would take turns calling out whatever animal they were pretending to be (complete with animal sounds, of course ;-). Amongst the typical lions, bears and horses, all of the sudden Katy shouts out, "I'm an emu!!" Hahahahaha... where does she come up with these things?!?!

Katy and Lilo- BFFs!

Katy LOVED playing with Lilo, last week at Uncle Rob's and Aunt Julie's house!

 

Posing for the camera.

Lilo was a good sport about all of Katy's antics.

Hugs for Lilo!

Dog walkers extraordinaire!

Katy, Lilo and a dressed up coconut... sounds like a bad joke, doesn't it?

Happy Birthday, Macy!

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Today, we had the opportunity to go to the Lazy 5 Ranch to help celebrate Katy's friend, Macy's 2nd birthday! We had so much fun riding on the wagon, seeing and feeding the animals, eating yummy (Katy-approved!) food and playing on the playground! Thanks so much for having us, Macy- we hope you had a happy birthday!

Lazy 5 Ranch

Lazy 5 Ranch with Grandma and Pop-Pop Tinkey!

Helping Grandma feed the sheep.

Swings with Pop-Pop!

Mommy and Katy in front of the lemurs, Katy's favorite exhibit.

Down on the Farm with Katy!

Today, we went to the Lazy 5 Ranch in Mooresville. My 'rents are visiting during my mother's spring break so we decided that it'd be a fun and different thing to do with Katy. We had never visited before today- all I knew was that all of my friends with kids said that it's lots of fun for animal lovers. In essence, I would describe the Lazy 5 Ranch as a zoo, safari, petting zoo and park all rolled into one.

The main attraction is a three and a half mile drive through wide open spaces where animals from six different continents roam freely and come up to your car to be fed from the buckets of feed that you purchase. These aren't your ordinary farm animals, either! We had ostrich and zebra and llamas and water buffalo and pot-bellied pigs come right up to our car windows. We saw camels and giraffes and a rhino from afar. There were all sorts of deer and birds that roamed around the terrain. At first, Katy was a little frightened (I was too!) when the animals came right up to our car windows. However, she was content to view the animals from the enclosed safety of her car seat with the windows securely rolled up. Toward the end of the trek she was asking for more and really getting into it.

Aside from the three and a half mile drive through the animals, there is also a petting zoo/observatory area where you can walk past lemurs, sheep of all sorts, goats and other more tame animals and birds. Katy finally worked up enough courage to help Grandma feed the sheep and goats.

We lucked out with some great weather- sunny, breezy and cool. We got to the Ranch first thing in the morning  and just missed the crowds. After we saw the animals, we washed up and enjoyed our picnic lunch. After lunch, Katy enjoyed the playground with Pop-Pop.

All in all, it was a very unique experience. Even for city girl like me, it was nice to enjoy the animals as much (or as little!) as you wanted. When I asked Katy what her favorite animal was, she emphatically told me that it was the baby monkey (lemur) that we saw swinging and riding "piggy back" on his mommy and daddy's back. That's my little monkey!

Neighbor Bella

Our next door neighbor has a dog named Bella. Every time I see our neighbor walking the dog I say, "NeighborBella" as if it is one word.

"I REALLY like puppy dogs!"

"Nice puppy."

"Oh boy! Bella just gave me a 'kiss'!"

Wordless Wednesday- Through the Looking Glass