Joy in the Journey: May 2012

Celebrating my second Mother's day with my mom and my daughter, as well as Josh and my dad, was wonderful. We celebrated my wonderful mother's birthday, too.

We spent some time at Deanna rose farmstead, checking out all the animals. We have been there probably half a dozen times before, but it just never gets old. And it was my mom's first time visiting the farm, which made it even better. After checking out the chickens and baby chicks, Ava rang the cowbells for awhile. Always one of her favorite things to do there.

First were the animals in the barn...calves, ducklings, and a large milk cow.

And we were off to see the baby goats!

She really wanted to get down and see them...

...but she really wasn't so sure about them.

Grandma Patty and Ava enjoyed swinging for awhile...

And it was off to the ducks, or "quack quacks" as Ava says. She LOVES ducks.

And we headed over to the little stream, to see the huge goldfish.

And do you notice anything different about this last photo?

No pink bow.

While watching the goldfish swim, she yanked the bow out her hair and threw it into the water. And then she squealed with delight. She found it hilarious.

Next stop to complete our perfect Mother's day, the zoo. We all had a wonderful time there, seeing all the animals. Ava kept us entertained with her version of the animal noises, and loved pointing each one out to us, too.

Grandma and Grandpa Pasek with Ava

We went straight to watch the sea lion show. The zoo was super busy, so Ava watched the show from the shoulders of Grandpa Pasek and her daddy.

The moms and the beautiful Ava.

We took the long walk to Africa, and checked out the elephants.

Before we left the elephants, one decided to do his business. For the rest of the day Ava would insist "He pooped. He pooped!" until I finally would say "The Elephant pooped?" She'd answer "yeah" and sit back down in her stroller. Evidently, it was a big deal.