Sunday, May 24, 2009
Memorial Day Weekend Part 1: Farm Fun
Saturday morning, we headed out to the country for some farm fun! It was a little over a 20 minute drive, and when we got there we were the ONLY people there! I was so happy because that meant we'd have all the animals to ourselves! This place was so neat, as soon as we got out of our cars we saw roosters, ducks and chickens running free all around us....every time I turned around there was a freakin rooster crowing at my feet.....and they don't just crow at the crack of dawn....it is ALL DAY LONG that they make that annoying noise. First the tour guide took us to hold baby chicks and ducks.
Now on to the llamas. There were three really nice llamas and we got to feed them bread, Macina really liked this:
(we also fed bread to billy goats, donkeys, cows, deer, pigs....)
Now the baby goats were a different story. I thought she would love this part since she loves feeding bottles to her baby dolls and just about anything else that she thinks should drink from a bottle. It started off okay but once the ten baby goats figured out it was feeding time they started "baa-ing." Not a cute little baa, but a really loud obnoxious baa that totally freaked Macina out. The bottle to goat ratio was way off so the goats went a little crazy: they literally came out through the little squares of that fence!
Daddy had to finish feeding the baby goat all alone, what a good sport!
Male Peacock!
Blizzard the Reindeer:
Talking to her little friend, the farm owners' granddaughters loved Macina:
Me, being forced to participate in the cow milking.
Our Farmer Family:
At the end they took us for a barrel-train ride. The guy pulled us all around the farm. Macina loved this and cried More! when the ride was over, but I was happy to be done-I felt like a giant crammed in that darn barrel and it was so bumpy!
Those are just a few of the pictures we got and we saw a lot more animals. It was so much fun except the bottom of my shoes were full of crap when we left. That's farm life! (that's what they kept saying to me anyway)
I have three video clips from the farm too that I will post later!
Macina wasn't too sure about the chicks, it kept flapping its wings on her!
So mommy held the duck next to her so she could pet him, isn't it so cute?
Then we went to play with the bunnies!
Then we went to play with the bunnies!
Now on to the llamas. There were three really nice llamas and we got to feed them bread, Macina really liked this:
(we also fed bread to billy goats, donkeys, cows, deer, pigs....)
Now the baby goats were a different story. I thought she would love this part since she loves feeding bottles to her baby dolls and just about anything else that she thinks should drink from a bottle. It started off okay but once the ten baby goats figured out it was feeding time they started "baa-ing." Not a cute little baa, but a really loud obnoxious baa that totally freaked Macina out. The bottle to goat ratio was way off so the goats went a little crazy: they literally came out through the little squares of that fence!
Daddy had to finish feeding the baby goat all alone, what a good sport!
Male Peacock!
Blizzard the Reindeer:
Talking to her little friend, the farm owners' granddaughters loved Macina:
Me, being forced to participate in the cow milking.
Our Farmer Family:
At the end they took us for a barrel-train ride. The guy pulled us all around the farm. Macina loved this and cried More! when the ride was over, but I was happy to be done-I felt like a giant crammed in that darn barrel and it was so bumpy!
Those are just a few of the pictures we got and we saw a lot more animals. It was so much fun except the bottom of my shoes were full of crap when we left. That's farm life! (that's what they kept saying to me anyway)
I have three video clips from the farm too that I will post later!
Feels Like Summer!
Well it is finally nice out, so Nick and I have been taking advantage of the warm weather! We spend most days outside going on walks, playing on the playground, sandbox etc. Although it hasn't been hot enough to break out the baby pool. Our first trip to the Zoo with Macina was awesome. She had so much fun seeing all the animals and just kept pointing to her hand, which means she wants to hold the animal. She loved the monkeys, birds, otter, shark.....everything. We spent a few hours there and she was so well behaved the whole time in and out of her stroller!
Watching the monkeys:
Watching the monkeys:
Looking at the big Gorillas!
Playing in the sandbox
Our picnic- (she had to wear a headband and sunglasses to be like her mama!) I love my baby girl!
A trip home
A friend I've known since 1st grade is expecting her first baby (BOY) so I went to my hometown to go to her baby shower and visit with my family. Nick stayed in town, he was busy studying for school! Macina napped at my parents house while I went to Jeni's baby shower which was nice since I could talk with some old high school friends I haven't seen in a while:
Jill, Jeni (5+ months pregnant), and Me
Jill, Jeni (5+ months pregnant), and Me
After that I spent the next couple of days just playing outside with Macina and my siblings. She loves all the kids! Here she is jumping on the trampoline with my sister, they are best buds, she is such a good little Aunt!
Then Monday night my parents babysat Macina and I went out with my sister Emily for drinks. We had so much fun, can't wait to do that again! :)
It was a great long weekend hanging out with my family and friends. I needed that! Love you guys!
Easter 4-11-2009
We spent Easter weekend at my parent's house this year. I was really looking forward to hiding eggs for Macina and watching her hunt for them this year. But since she is a candy freak, all she cared about was the easter basket. I got her to find one egg, but she heard candy rattling inside so she got preoccupied with that and quit looking for more. So maybe next year she'll get the whole easter egg hunt concept!
Coloring easter eggs:
I swear Mom, I didn't dunk my hands in the cups!
Easter morning= Candy for Breakfast!
Look at my egg!
My family after church
Cheese!
On the 2+ hour drive to my parent's house:
Coloring easter eggs:
I swear Mom, I didn't dunk my hands in the cups!
Easter morning= Candy for Breakfast!
Look at my egg!
My family after church
Cheese!
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Florida Vacation: 3-20-09
Last month we went on our annual vacation to Florida with Nick's family. It was so much fun this year, I just wish it had been warmer (it was 70's) because Macina LOVED the water but when she got out it was cold. Macina was great on the plane. There were a couple teenage girls sitting behind us that were lifesavers on the way home when it was just Nick and I! They kept her occupied playing peek-a-boo, giving her playing cards etc. for a while. And of course Nonna was a big help on the way there and walked her around when she got sleepy. We left for the airport at like 4:40am and Macina didn't sleep at all (besides 20 min. on the plane) till we got to Florida! She was so excited. The best part of the airport was the moving sidewalk! I got some video of her and Nonna going for a ride!
We stay at Nick's parents condo at a golf and tennis resort (last year we saw Derek Jeter, the shortstop for the New York Yankees, there!) But we didn't have any celebrity sightings this year! It was a short vacation this year due to Nick's class schedule but it was great to get away even if it was just for a few days! Here are a few pics of us:
Macina enjoying her first Strawberry Daiquiri:
Being a tennis resort, there were tennis balls everywhere from people taking lessons. Macina loves balls so every day she came home with more. One day we went out on the balcony and she threw a few of them off.
Remind me not to buy a white sun hat, she looks like Gilligan.
Drinking a daiquiri with Daddy by the pool:
Me and my baby girl
We stay at Nick's parents condo at a golf and tennis resort (last year we saw Derek Jeter, the shortstop for the New York Yankees, there!) But we didn't have any celebrity sightings this year! It was a short vacation this year due to Nick's class schedule but it was great to get away even if it was just for a few days! Here are a few pics of us:
Nick and I on the golf course
Macina enjoying her first Strawberry Daiquiri:
Being a tennis resort, there were tennis balls everywhere from people taking lessons. Macina loves balls so every day she came home with more. One day we went out on the balcony and she threw a few of them off.
Here's Macina finding a tennis ball she threw off the balcony:
Hoarding tennis balls on our walk:
Remind me not to buy a white sun hat, she looks like Gilligan.
Drinking a daiquiri with Daddy by the pool:
Me and my baby girl
Nick and I at the pool bar together:
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