Tuesday, March 24, 2009

You scream, we all scream!

On our very first nice day in March, we decided to check out the petting zoo in the heart of Amish country. We were shocked to find some very weird animals, animals that we couldn't even start to describe to Addy. "Oh Addison, look at the scary bear-cat creature that is hissing at us!" and "Hmmm, what is that big hairy thing with horns and a long white tongue?"

We later learned that that the 1st animal was a Chinese Bintron, which is still giving Adam nightmares, and the 2nd was some kind of rare Scottish Bull. How they ended up in Lancaster county is still a mystery, but it was fun to see some new animals and the old faves too! Addison enjoyed looking at the goats, ducks, donkeys and the turkey. Although we told her the name of each animal, she still called them all "dogg-essh" "dogg-essh" which is her version of "doggies."
They also had homemade ice cream, so Addison tried her first ice cream cone! She is definitely a chocolate girl, and after we showed her how to lick the ice cream, she was licking away like an old pro. We ended the afternoon with a stop at the local park and ended up swinging for over an hour. Every time we tried to take her out of the swing, she fought to stay in!

3 comments:

  1. so stinkin' cute....Lacy loves a chocolate ice cream cone too!

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  2. What trauma this girl has been through - bang trimming, pressure to walk long distances, coming face to face with freaky amish animals... hope she is not scarred for life!!

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  3. We can't believe how much different she looks since we were out there in late January! She is so cute and looks so much older! Mom likes the teeth! Miss you guys

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