Just a day at the park

Today we went with a couple other homeschooling families to Oak Mountain State park to enjoy the beautiful weather.  We started at the petting zoo.  At first I wasn't sure I'd make it down the sidewalk- this was in my way....



Um, excuse me sir, may we pass?



"NONE SHALL PASS!!!!" he said with his angry peacock sounds....

It turns out that the big boys were much more interested in climbing the dam and jumping the creek than petting baby goats and sheep.

And poor Tuck Tuck never left my side. He did NOT like the animals- when they'd come trotting up he'd say "NO- I don't NEED to pet a goat!"



Charlie thought it was awesome and kept petting them from his stoller-


And you know Sissy was in her element- she LOVED LOVED LOVED it and would have stayed all day- especially with the pony-


"Time to go, Sissy..." "But Mommy!"


Trying to leaven was tricky- the goats stampeded the gate-


We brought a picnic lunch to eat in the grass, but the kids were more interested in climbing the dirt hills and playing baseball than eating-


Again, all Tucker wanted to do was sit with Mommy. We read Chicka Chicka boom boom a few times. :) This picture looks like Charlie is saying "how many calories are in these Gerber wagon wheels, anyway?"

A fun day. And now the big kids are doing their schoolwork while the littles sleep- I love the flexibility in our schedule- and Charlie sure does like having his big siblings home during the day-