Daddy got back from Norway late saturday night. After Church on sunday, Mommy and the kids drove with Daddy to Conway, Arkansas. After being here a few days, Mommy is ready to leave this place. Staying in the motel room is hard on the kids because it is rather cramped.
Monday, Mommy took the kids shopping for some flotation devices so that we could swim in the pool after Daddy got home. Since we would be out and about, Mommy asked the people at the front desk if there was a park nearby where Mommy could take the kids to play. The motel person said there was a small playground and pond just one street over from the motel. It was a horrible little place. There were two ancient swings and a dirty old pond...yuck! We spent most of the day in the motel. The kids watched Ice Age and Joseph played some video games since we brought the Playstation.
After Daddy got off work, we had dinner and then took the kids swimming later in the evening. The kids loved the pool! Katelyn had a great time splashing around as well. Later on, Mommy looked on the internet to see if there was somewhere fun we could go on tuesday.
Tuesday morning after dropping Daddy off at work, we went to Pickles Gap Village. It said online there was a Kiddie Land with rides and animals and a playground. When we got there, the village consisted of a couple of shops and a little area in the back (Kiddie Land). There were a few chickens, two goats, and a duck. There was also a couple of those dinky coin-operated Merry go rounds that you see at malls. The playground had two climbing domes...that's all. Joseph tried climbing on one and slipped off and hit his mouth. Mommy put some coins in the Merry go round which lasted all of a minute if even that. Needless to say, Mommy was rather disappointed in Pickles Gap Village. Mommy did take the kids to a fudge shop for some fudge and ice cream. That was the only redeeming part of the trip.
Today, Mommy drove the kids to Little Rock to the zoo. It was an okay zoo although Mommy thought it was a rip off that she had to pay $8.00 for Audrey and pay for parking. The Oklahoma City Zoo is much nicer and much less expensive plus kids under 3 are free. The most annoying thing was there were no signs that said you had to pay for parking until you got to the front gate. Then it said that you would be charged for parking.
We pretty much walked around the entire zoo in less than 2 hours. The kids loved riding on the zoo train and we did get to feed the Lorakeets (for a fee). Good thing Mommy brought some cash. Anyway, here are some pictures from Pickles Gap Village and the Zoo. Mommy can't wait to go home tomorrow!
The kids said the real bears at the zoo looked sad so Mommy took their picture at the bear statue instead.
Some neat giraffe statues near the front entrance of the zoo.
Katelyn's first train ride!
Joseph feeding the Lorakeet nectar.
Mommy did not have any nectar, but the birds enjoyed sitting on her head and back!
Farmer Joe!
Zoo Train Ride
At Kiddie Land in Pickles Gap Village
