The petting zoo!!

I finally decided to take the kids to the petting zoo in Waterloo. I say finally, but really, it wasn't open when we arrived last September and then didn't reopen until Memorial Day, so there hasn't been all that many opportunities. Turned out to be a beautiful day, so we decided to go. It is quite small, but sometimes that is just really desireable when taking kids somewhere. They are easy to find should they scurry, and there isn't all that much walking. Blake loved it and Sadie was a bit indifferent. I think she was kind of tired. But she did manage a wave to the brand new donkey that was born last night around 8:30 pm! 

Sadie waving to the donkey

Baby donkey and his mommy

 Since I am typically really bad about either remembering to bring my camera or if I do remember it, to actually take some photos, we got a group photo right away.

Me at 27 1/2 weeks pregnant and Blake and Sadie and llama. Hey, we are all wearing the same blue! Blake dressed himself and had on an army green shirt with these shorts, and it was a bit much for me on how badly it mismatched, so I changed him into a yellow shirt :) 

Of course we have to do these shots! 

Sadie was a bit short, but taking a shot from above solved that issue

And Blake took one of me :)

How did this kid get to be so cute??? Blake having a blast holding the kitty

 

I am having a hard time cutting Blake's locks, b/c I think it looks so cute, but I realize he is in need of a summer haircut soon :) Sadie doesn't have that problem--her hair grows so slowly and she has started pulling it out as well. She is a MAJOR hair twirler, so she got a big knot in the back that I had to cut off. She had played with it so much that the knot wasn't holding on by many hairs by the time I cut it. Also, lately, I've been finding hair on her shoulder, which she pulls out while playing with her hair. I've just started trying to break the habit b/c immediately upon picking her up, her hand goes to my hair. I usually pull my hair back, so she just pulls it out of my ponytail. So, on top of this being incredibly annoying, I also want to break a bad habit before it gets too bad, or before she had a bald spot on one part of her head. :)

1 day old baby donkey again :) 

Checking out the mules (or donkeys) or is there a difference?? They weren't good about posting signs as to what the animals were. I mean it is a petting zoo, we are supposed to know what farm animals are, right?? Well, I'm sorry, I don't really know what a hedgehog looks like, and some might not know the difference between a regular pig and a (hideous) potbelly pig. They might just think he is a tad overweight in his sagging belly. :)

The goats were the highlight as you could actually go in their pen and feed them. I was impressed Blake was brave enough to do this, but he really enjoyed it! There were some small baby goats as well, which were sooo cute!! The older ones tried to hog the food though, naturally.

Here is a bad picture of some of the babies who had climbed up their "fort"

 So glad we decided to go. We'll have to make this a regular stop for beautiful days!

And, randomly, another attempt at a great sibling picture :)

Sadie wasn't smiling for me again...until Blake bonked her on the head with his teddy bear. Go figure :) 

Oh, and then they decided to both put their teddy bears behind their heads. 

And this was just cute :)