Game Ranch

Friday we went to the Game Ranch with Pop and Mimi.  Hayden was excited she has been to the Game Ranch several times with Pop and Mimi.  I couldn't wait to see Gracie's reaction being that this would be her first time...I knew it would be really good or really bad.  It turns out that Gracie is a big fan of the Game Ranch too!  Hayden has decided as she gets older that she only likes the baby animals...baby deer, baby goats, baby sheep, baby chicks and baby bunnies.  Mimi was very prepared for all of the starving animals.  She packed celery, carrots, apples, peanuts and even cereal.  As I said before Hayden was very attached to the baby animals so she only wanted to feed the babies.  She was trying to feed the baby deer when the big deer took her carrot from her and boy was she upset.  I actually think she was a little scared of the bigger animals, which I have to say I am not to sure about sticking my hand in their mouths either.  Mimi, Pop and Gracie were nice enough to feed the bigger animals that Hayden kept ignoring.

Now on to our adventure...We made sure to get there right at 10am when it opened.  We wanted to get there before it got so HOT!  It wasn't too hot, a lot of the trail was in the shade!!!  We only had to wait in line for a few minutes and as soon as I opened the door to start on the trail there was a big deer standing there to greet us.  I wasn't sure what Gracie would do, but she loved it, she immediately started petting the deer.  Hayden knew exactly what to do and turned to Mimi for some food to feed the deer.  This is when Hayden decided that she prefers the baby animals.  The deer actually bonked her with his horns a few times and yes that is the exact words that she used.  Hello Mr. Deer...Are you hungry??? 

Why yes Hayden and Gracie I am hungry!  What does Mimi have in the bag?  How about I just look and see for myself...

Gracie decided that Mr. Deer would like an apple.  I was pretty surprised when she fed him all by herself.  She was so excited...

While we were all still feeding Mr. Deer, Hayden found the baby deer.  Gracie thought the baby deer were very cute and sweet too!

The word got out that we had lots of food to share, so all the other deer came for some too.  Pop helped Gracie take care of these two...

As we were moving down the trail, Mr.  Deer caught up with Mimi for some more of her yummy apples....

Next were the bunnies.  Hayden always loves the bunnies, but there were not as many this year and there usually are...

There's some more deer, they just loved Gracie...

Pop, I need two pieces of celery...One for me and one for the baby sheep...

Gracie was very sweet with all the animals...

Mr. Bear was also hungry, he just sat patiently as Hayden and Gracie literally threw carrots and celery at him...

Mimi held Gracie up high, where she could get a good look at the bears.  I love this profile picture of them...

Mimi also brought a few snacks for Hayden and Gracie.  Gracie kept telling all the animals that would walk up to her NO.  She wasn't sharing her snack with them.  Pop was making sure the donkey didn't get her snack...

Pop helped Hayden and Gracie feed all the animals.  In this picture Hayden was literally pulling away from the donkey because she was scared of his lips and teeth.  Pop ended up having to take the celery and feed the donkey himself...

"Umm, Pop what is that right there?"

Pop "It is a water buffalo"

Hayden  "It sure is big and ugly"

By the end of the trail, the girls were getting tired even though they would never admit it.  They sat down for a break and fed the squirrels...

Here little animals, we have a few peanuts left so you can have some...

That was the end of our adventure.  We had a great time and left right before it got too HOT.  Now it is time to go get some lunch and go swimming...

We went to eat at the Steak and Shake, the girls both had a banana milkshake and chicken tenders.  They loved their milkshakes but didn't really eat a whole lot of lunch.  They were too excited about going back to Mimi and Pop's house to go swimming.   Mimi and Pop's pool felt great on such a hot afternoon.  We all relaxed and enjoyed the rest of the day in the sun. 

Thanks Mimi and Pop for taking us to the Game Ranch, lunch and letting us hang out at your house the rest of the afternoon swimming.  We had so much fun and love you both very much!!!