Our latest adventure was to the Leesburg Animal Park. We met our friends Brayden and Taylor there (and their mom Julie of course!) It turned out to be one of the first cool days and it was kind of nice to put on our sweatshirts and walk around. There were many people at the park at all so the kids were really able to see everything. First stop was the animals ... Kylee was a little hesitant but did feed a few of the animals. Ryland liked feeding the goats from his stroller. Of course Ryland's favorite activity was to try and chase the chickens and roosters that were roaming free, and yell Cock-A-Doodle-Doo while he was running! (Hence, the reason he was sometimes strapped into the stroller!)
There was even a contact area where you could roam around with some of the animals. Unfortunately Kylee, Ryland, Taylor, and I didn't get to experience this. Well sort of. When Julie and Brayden decided to first enter the area a sheep escaped from the first gate and came to the waiting area where we were feeding the animals through the fence. Well, after the sheep snuck up on Kylee and stole her cup from her she didn't really want to have too much more to do with the "up close and personal" experience. Julie and Brayden tried to venture in again (this time a goat and another sheep made it out the first gate!) but it seemed as if the animals hadn't had visitors in a while. They were all excited and wouldn't leave Julie and her cup of food alone. (Take note of the llama right on her tail in the picture below.) They came out and we were luckily able to sneak out of the main gate without taking any animals escapees with us! : ) (Later in the day though we saw that a llama and some more goats and sheep had also broken free of the first gate when other visitors had gone in.)
We also took a wagon ride (and had it all to ourselves!) Along the way we were able to see all of the things that were being set up for the upcoming Pumpkinville events and this kept Brayden and Kylee pretty entertained. (Looks like we will be going back to the animal park for their Pumplinville!) We drove by the zebras and headed to the pond. The tractor stopped at the pond so we could feed the fish and the ducks. The ducks were nice and calm and waited under the wagon to get the food, which is right where Ryland was dropping it, but the fish were CA-RA-ZY! Seriously, Julie and I couldn't get over the fish! Apparently they feel the vibrations from the tractor and all start swimming to the shore because they know they are going to be fed. Well, the number of fish that were there and the way there were all on top of each other was unbelievable. I tried to get a picture but it doesn't even do it justice to show how active and how many of these guys there were. The kids were amused throwing the food and watching all of the activity in the water (and Julie and I were pretty entertained too.)
There was a nice playground too. After eating our lunches at the picnic tables we headed over to the park to play a bit. The slide was pretty fast and it was great to watch the kids slide right off the end of it. A few times they flew off and landed right on the ground! I tried to get a picture of them in mid-air but didn't have a whole lot of success.
One of the big highlights though was that one of the bounce houses was already set up for Pumpkinville and we were able to use it. Kylee, Ryland, and Brayden were actually the only ones playing in it and they had blast!
Kylee and Brayden started trying to run around the whole perimeter without falling. They were having a great time and eventually got the hang of it. : )
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