I was off work on July 3rd, so we decided to have a family fun day at the Living Treasures Wild Animal Park. It's about 30 minutes from our house, and a small zoo that allows you to feed the animals and get really close to them. Britton and Barrett were jazzed up on the ride there, but somewhat deflated while we waited in a long line to get in. No worries - once inside, we found adorable goats!
We bought carrots and food pellets, and at first both kids were apprehensive about feeding the animals. Admittedly, the animals were a little demanding, since they knew every person walking by was carrying some goodies! But they both quickly warmed up to the idea. And Barrett, who is fearless about most things in life, gladly fed some deer, goats, and a water buffalo within the first 10 minutes of us being there.
Yeah, we weren't feeding these alligators. Funny story - as you know, summertime television programming is horrible. So when the hubs and I saw the "Zoo" miniseries by James Patterson coming up, we DVRed it. Bad timing, we watched it the night before. If you aren't familiar, it's a story about all the animals finally getting fed up with humans and taking over. So, when we saw the alligators, all I could see was them slowly turning around and coming after us!
Britton made friends with this monkey (not sure what kind of monkey, or if it's even a monkey, but it looks like a monkey so I'm sticking with that).
When Britton and I went to the Aviary last year, she was scared of feeding the birds and wouldn't do it. This time, she faced her fears and fed them anyways!
The hubs got in on the action and fed a water buffalo too. It looks like they are having a staring contest!
Oh, I loved these kangaroos. The kangaroos and giraffes were my favorite animals there. The kangaroos would hold the carrots in their hands and eat them, all the while eyeing the crowd to see if more carrots were coming.
We happened to notice that this kangaroo had a foot hanging out of her belly - there was a baby in her pouch!
Of course, we also celebrated the 4th of July with some debauchery and fireworks. The hubs and I hit up the local stand (I have a feeling we may need to cross state lines next year to get the good stuff), and he was amped about some smoke balls.
This firework was called "Purple Rain," I think, and was the best one we got. Britton did some sparklers, and then we called it a night and went inside to watch fireworks on television. And eat leftover hamburgers and hotdogs from our cookout. Happy 4th of July!
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