Animals Everywhere!

Yesterday, we celebrated Father's Day early with Ryan's parents, grandparents, Meghan and Chris. It was great to see everyone! In the late afternoon, after Sam's nap, we went to "the farm" (which around here means Tendercorp Farm). Sam loved having the chance to pet Blue, the miniature horse. He was just her size :-) We also fed carrots to the llama and of course, went into the farm store and purchased some goodies!

Petting Blue

Today, the plan was to hit the Zoo. Since we knew Sam wouldn't really care, and it seemed like a more 'do-able' zoo with a 2-year old, we went to the Stone Zoo, out in Stoneham. It was the perfect size for a kid Sam's age! There were some good animals on exhibit - the Bald Eagle (HUGE!), Jaguar (beautiful!) and Snow Leopard (Very cool! So neat to see!) were my favorites, while Sam liked the monkeys and the goats in the petting zoo area best. She literally ran through some of the areas, just so excited to be somewhere new, but hey, she was happy, so what the heck! She also loved the train and rides they had right before the exit. The train was only for kids, and she just had a wide grin on her face the whole time she was riding that little train around as we smiled and cheered and waved to her from outside the fence. So cute :-)

Time for "a picnic"!

Petting the goats

Enjoying the rides

On the train

Ryan and I managed to sneak out for a short run during Sam's nap. It was a bright, beautiful blue sky afternoon, warm but breezy. Unfortunately, after a morning at the zoo and a burrito for lunch, I can't say I was feeling very spry, but we managed to run the 3.25 mile loop about 30 seconds faster than I had on Friday, so I guess it wasn't all bad. And the best thing is that the foot isn't hurting, and neither is my hip. Hurray!

I finally had to wake Sam up around 4:00pm, and we went out back to enjoy the rest of a beautiful Sunday afternoon. We played ball and rolled around on the grass, and Sam helped us shuck the corn for dinner. She loves corn, so that was very exciting :-)

Playing on the grass

Look! I found the corn!

CORN!!!!

All in all, a great weekend!