Busy Weekend

Well we had a pretty busy weekend. Aaron took Friday off and we went to Sea World for the day. We got there right after lunch time and we were concerned how the girls will do given that it was their nap time. Natalie which used to be scared of everything in Sea World had a great time. She even wanted to feed the dolphins! She had a great time looking at all the fish, dolphins, sea lions and the Clydesdale horses they have. We bought her a little stuffed Clydesdale which she named "Ocho". Ocho is the name of the little baby goat they have in the little farm that is next to her school. Apparently to her the horse looked like the goat, not sure what she was thinking. But Ocho has been with her ever since.....

Anyway we had a great time in Sea World. Some of the rides are closed for the summer. Natalie wanted to go on a little ride, we tried but she was still to short. We tried to explained that to her but she did not understand so she kept saying "ride" over and over. I can do the little rides with her now but when she is older not sure what we are going to do. Neither me or Aaron are big fans of roller coasters.

They have this playground that is like a pirate ship with rope tunnels. Natalie saw all the kids and wanted to go with them. So I went with her. She had so much fun. We were very surprised that she wanted to do this, given how shy she is but she kept on going. Aaron stayed below with Izzie which apparently was mad that she could not come with us. Maybe next time Izzie can come.

We saw a sea lion show and Natalie was fascinated with the sea lions how the jumped in and out of the water and how they "danced" and followed whatever the instructors told them to do. She did not want to get wet but she enjoyed it. Izzie would not sit still so Aaron had to take her out and she spent her time collecting rocks.

We also saw penguins and alligators (or aberbators like Natalie calls them). It was a fun day but we were all very tired when we finally got home.

On Saturday we took the girls to a pumpkin farm nearby. It was more a farm than a pumpkin farm, but they had all this fun stuff do to. They had all sorts of farm animals and you could even ride a pony. We tried to get Natalie to ride the pony, given her new love for horses but she wouldn't. Ocho came with us to the farm. They also had a hay maze and a hay ride. Natalie really enjoyed the hay ride. Then we got to pick some pumpkins. The weather was really nice so the girls had fun being outside.

This morning we went to the big park (as Natalie calls it) in Georgetown. Natalie loves all the cool stuff they have to play with. She is getting very good at climbing stuff. Izzie had fun in the swings and trying to eat mulch.

We took it easy this afternoon but the girls are still very tired from all of the weekend adventures. Izzie did have a little incident this afternoon. We were in the backyard when I looked down and noticed something dark on Izzie and realized she had fire ants all over her legs. She was not crying yet but I picked her up and got them off but I got bit in the process too. Poor Izzie had bites on her thighs, knees, legs and even some on her arms. She did not seem to mind that much.

Oh I almost forgot... to continue on the doggy updates.... Abi is doing much better on her ear. It is healing nicely and hopefully she will not need surgery again. She still has to have the stitches for another week. Now Parker on the other hand apparently felt left out and decided to get an illness. On Thursday I noticed this ugly looking lump on his tail. So we go get it checked out. I was really afraid they were going to tell me it was cancer. She lump was the size of a golf ball and it was red and oozing. I had to put a bandage and it was bleeding a little bit. Well the vet checked it out and said it was actually an infected cyst from an ingrown follicle hair in the tail. He actually has 2 lumps just one that is infected and apparently he licked and made worse. So now Parker & Abi both have collars on to prevent them from picking at their wounds. For Parker the vet said he may need surgery but then on Friday night the cyst ruptured. So Saturday morning Aaron took him back to the vet and they said that since it ruptured he would not need surgery and that this was normal. So at least no surgery for Parker but the poor dog was in a lot of pain.

Here are some pictures taken this weekend

Here are the girls with the Clydesdale's


Izzie looking at the dolpins








Natalie and Izzie at the pumpkin farm. They also sell Christmas trees in the winter. You can see their trees in the background. Natalie is holding Ocho.





Natalie petting the donkey








Natalie & Izzie at the park




Natalie enjoyed walking on the tight rope