Scovil Zoo

For the record, I was not happy about being the cow, but E wasn't tall enough! 

I wanted to visit my grandparents and my grandma had suggested that we go to Scovil Zoo and the Children's Museum in Decatur.  My mom and I drove down with the kids and picked up grandma and off we went to the zoo!  We had a picnic lunch right before we went in.  We had a great time!  Elizabeth seemed to be infatuated with the alligators and as luck would have there were two men in the exhibit draining their pool, while the gators where still in there!  Looked like risky business to us, but they must know what they are doing.

 Elizabeth loves animals, as I may have mentioned before ;)  Especially baby animals and if you can feed them that is the cherry on top!  They had a great children/petting zoo area and we fed the goats from behind the fence, but then I took Elizabeth in and there were a few baby goats that were adorable!  We could have swept them up in our arms and taken them home.  It is so sweet to hear how she talks to them. This one little goat (kid!) really liked the ruffle on her shirt!

 I had to take a picture of the flamingos because I remember when they first came to the zoo, when I was a little girl.

 They had a train and I thought well there is no way will be able to bypass this!  It was a very short ride, but the engineer was extremely enthusiastic and the kids loved it!

Just to prove that Grant was with us at the zoo! Not a great pic, he must have been moving - imagine that!

We used some great judgement and decided there just wasn't time to squeeze in the children's museum and that we would save that for another trip.  We gave Elizabeth the option of ice cream or the museum and she didn't disappoint us and choose ice cream!  After a quick trip to the DQ we headed back to farm to pick strawberries.  In case you haven't heard me talk about my grandma's strawberries before, let me remind you that they are the best!!  I think Elizabeth did a pretty good job picking, my grandma was kind of working with her.  Grant liked to point out the red ones and have someone else pick them.  Elizabeth then took over quality control when Grant would pick/point at one that was not ripe! I pray that Grant's not so graceful movements did not squash too many plants along the way, because these are precious berries!

Our bountiful berry harvest!

My grandma is the best and let us take them all home.  We actually had strawberries and waffles tonight for dinner!  Some things you can get away with when daddy isn't home!  Thank you for a wonderful day grandma and all of the great memories!