Today we took Austin to Oxbow
Park and Zoo just west of Rochester and had a great time meeting the animals.
They have otters, coyotes, a cougar, a wolf, a bear, red and gray foxes,
prairie dogs, a badger, porcupines, an owl, a goat, a horse, a donkey, cows,
deer, bison, elk and more.
A
big black bear!
Pointing
to the cougar.
Coyote
Chickens!
Meeting the goat and helping
mommy give him an acorn. At one point when the goat was on the other side of
the fence, Austin tried to stick his head through the fence to give the goat a
kiss.
Austin had a great time feeding a
big deer! He was a little timid at first and needed some help from mommy to get
close enough to give the deer some leaves to eat, but very quickly, he was so
excited about it, he forgot he was scared. Here he is feeding the deer some
leaves from the nearby trees.
All
smiles!
Tired
boy! Time to go "bye bye home." (This is in the log cabin from 1850.)
Other recent pics...
Austin LOVES dogs! He calls all
dogs "puppy" and whenever he sees a puppy, he blows kisses and says
"puppy! puppy! puppy!" He looks for puppies in his books and counts
how many puppies he can see on a page. He was particularly focused on puppies
on Thursday afternoon, and I remembered that I have a stuffed animal dog tucked
away in the closet from many years ago, so I got it out and gave it to Austin.
He adores the puppy and carries him around, hugs and kisses him, plays with
him, reads to him, and even plays pat-a-cake with him.
Hugs
for puppy.
And
kisses for puppy.
Carrying
him wherever he goes.
Taking
puppy on a ride on the Pooh train.
One
more smiley pic...
Marsha
said...
Hi My Darlin's!
WOW--you make each and every day
bright with this blog---it is my morning routine to pop it up, and get the
smiles to make my day ! Love, Nanny
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