Wildlife Adventure

Today I took both kiddos to a wildlife park. Its several acres of exotic deer, camels, a giraffe, a rinocerous, birds, etc. You ride around on a tram feeding the animals. Pretty fun, right? I brought two wild animals of my own. I was venturing into the unknown. My first non-shopping outing with two kids and no assistant (namely Me-Me). This was going to be a true adventure.

Last night I stayed awake wondering how I was going to manage this with two kiddos. Should I keep Patrick in his carrier while we ride? Should I put him in a sling? And what in the world would I do if Helen started running wild? I opted for the sling. Its really the only method that allows me to pick up two kiddos at one time or run after the mobile one. But it is a bit like having, well, an 11 pound bulge.

We managed pretty well. I couldn't bring a camera on the ride, or anything else for that matter. No bag, no snacks, no water. We were roughing it. All I brought was two children and my keys. And that was one thing too many. Patrick enjoyed it the most...sleeping the entire time with his face pressed against my chest. I can tell he's a real animal lover. Helen loved checking out all the animals. She picked up some sort of unidentified animal poo while we were waiting to start the ride, but thankfully quickly put it down. While on the tram she loved throwing the pellets of food. Oh, not to the animals. Just throwing them. She loved the camels. Hated the cows. Strange. Maybe she found the cows too boring. They also mooed very loudly. Perhaps that was scary.

All in all, I think it was a success. Helen had fun. Patrick slept. One child was an angel (the sleeper) and the other was pretty good. So I'll call it a perfect day. The most perfect part was when everyone got home and slept. Oh and took showers. The wildlife park was a little too wild for me.