Monday, April 8, 2013

Spring Break- Animal Days in Wellsville

So our family has not been to Animal Days for about 4 years or so because when Cade was about 3 or so we went to animal days and about a week later, Cade came down with Scabies. The Dr. told me it comes from wild animals and that is the only place we had been to with animals. So I have been afraid to go back. It was such a nightmare when Cade got Scabies...had to wash our whole family down with some weird ointment and we had to wash all of Cade's clothes, sheets, towels, etc. Pain in the bootie!

So we decided to try it again this year and we are just praying no one gets scabies! I made the kids wash their hands super good all day and when they got home they had to take off all their clothes, throw them in the laundry and hop in the bath. Can you tell it scarred me last time?

But we had so much fun and I love to see the little ones get so excited about the little animals. It seems like it rains every week on animal week, so when we woke up Saturday morning, it looked like it was going to be a pretty good day, so we hurried and got ready and hopped in the car. Most of the day was great. It did rain for about 30 minutes at one point, but we just ducked in a barn and waited it out. It was such a cool day!

The kids got to hold chicks, ducks, and bunnies. I know Corey loved the bunnies. The kids get bugging me to buy one! We also got to see horses and a cow being milked. We got to see piggies, and lambs too. We actually skipped the bear line because it did not die down all day and the wait was 1 1/2 hours. But the kids got to fish for trout in the Catch n release station. Pretty cool! Cade loved that! Cade and Casen got to go on a fun little pony ride. The kids loved the train. It was Crew's favorite. He was bawling when he had to get off and all the people in line were laughing! We actually hit the train twice. Crew was in heaven. He also liked the wagon ride. He was so excited the horsies were pulling us! And you can't forget the CANDY CANNON. It was cute! It was almost like a community Easter Egg Hunt but better. The kids got quite a bit of candy. I was surprised!

And of course we had some good food...especially the healthy cotton candy! We might have to make this a tradition the next couple of years while my kids are young....and just take the chance of getting Scabies. I won't get too many more years of this cute fun with the little ones!










Waiting for the Train was so hard for Crew...he just wanted to get on! I had to strap him in the stroller for a bit because he was being so impatient! That kid is crazy!



Trying to get Crew to smile is not an easy task. The next three pics shows how GREAT he is at smiling. So funny!




Mom's Selfie....hard to remember to get pics of myself with kids!

The trout fishing. They loved it!

Candy Cannon!

Crew is really not scared in this pic...just trying to smile again!



Cade was just barely making the weight limit on these ponies! Poor ponies! Tried to talk him out of it! But he insisted!

1 comment:

Dan and Marsha said...

you guys braved baby animal days too!! we went on the rainy day and it was actually okay and not busy! my kids love it, we totally missed you guys on the train trip, but let's do it when the boys are gone, your kids will love it! I miss hanging out with you too, i think dan and matt see each other every day so then they don't hang out on the weekend but then we get screwed, and don't see eachother!!