June 21, 2008

We had a great time today. Jordan, Brianna, Kevin and I took Emma to Reptile Gardens and Bear Country USA. Brianna said she hadn’t ever been to either of them and so we thought it would be a great day trip. Emma loved it a lot.
Emma is a Bindi the Jungle Girl fan and loves watching her shows with the different animals and reptiles. We watched the show where Bindi and her dad went to Bear Country and to Reptile Gardens so that made it even more fun.
Emma loved it when we were going through Bear Country, since we went so slow and all traffic was one way, we let her out of her car seat so she could see the animals better. She laughed and squealed all through the bears. When we got to Babyland she loved it too, all except the fake bear to get the picture with, she wasn’t sure about him at all! She got a bear country tattoo on her arm which she is very proud of. We had packed a lunch and ate it at a picnic area at Bear Country. Emma thought that was fun having a picnic. She was so sweet. I would ask her what a bear says and she tells me “moo”.
Reptile Gardens interested her with the snakes and the chameleon. Her new big word is “eek!” which she said when she touched the baby gator. I didn’t get a picture of it since she touched it while I was trying to get the camera out and turned on. She thought the bird show was great, she clapped a lot during it. When we went to the gator show, she was sitting on my lap enjoying it and wanting down to go see better and I told her she had to sit on my lap. She was watching it when all the sudden her head flopped down. She had fallen asleep right in the middle of it all. She was so tired she didn’t even turn to cuddle like she usually does.
She enjoyed seeing the giant turtles. It took us a lot of coaxing to get her to touch one but finally she did with mom’s help. She, of course, said “eek!” What a silly girl.
She picked out a gator and a bear stuffed animal for Grandma to buy as souvenirs. Her mom and dad bought her a t-shirt from each place. Brianna said she likes to get T-shirts so they can get use out of them and they have the place printed on it. I say I like to buy toys, because they are fun for them to play with. So lucky little one, she got both! I sure enjoy that baby.