The birthday weekend!

In honor of Madeleine's 5th birthday weekend, and to do something special Nana (my mom), Aunt Kristin (my sister), Uncle Andy (brother-in-law), Sydney and Austin (niece and nephew), Madeleine and I loaded up our new Honda Pilot for a trip down to Fossil Rim in Glen Rose. First, we dropped off Everett at school since he would have completely missed his nap. A huge thank you to Lee for picking him up after work. Then, we had a playgroup at the Scottish Rite Hospital playground with our Oak Lawn UMC parent's potluck group, then we were off. It took about an hour and a half to get there, the only road (67) was under construction at one piece and we had to wait about 20 minutes before we could move again. Once we got there, the fun began! It is a 9 mile loop that took about 3 hours to complete! It was such fun to feed the animals and to see the great variety. We also enjoyed the children's area where we brushed the coats of many goats! I will say that the ostrich (and the emu for that matter) were super scary and pecked at our new car! No damage done though. I highly recommend making the trip down to Glen Rose if you are close, it was quite an experience.


zebra, some signs said don't feed them out of your hand so we were a bit leary...

baby zebra!

super scary ostrich! One of them was laying in wait at the entrance and one at the exit. They seemed to be really smart...

Sydney, Austin, Madeleine
Brushing the coats of many goats...

Feeding a giraffe from the sunroof! There was super slobber from the giraffe.

Madeleine and mommy riding atop a dinosaur. We did not make it to the dinosaur tracks in Glen Rose. Next time...