Puddingstone Farm & Nursery

Sunday after we had gone to the Zoo the day before and I was disappointed again that Detroit has no petting zoo area.  I decided to take Addison to a local Greenhouse/Petting Farm.  It's been open a few years but I have never made it out there (seriously no reason for not making it other than just plain forgetting its only like 5 miles from my house!)  So momma got a few plants & Addison fell in love with all the critters.

Especially these two guys.

But she yelled, "hi goat, hi pig, hi hosey" to each animal that she saw.

And then she told me "Hosie wa-wer" and ran to the goat pen and said "goat wa-wer".  The girls got it down.

I'm pretty sure we'll be making another trip over there in the next week or so.  Momma need's some veggie plants & Addison had too much fun to not go again, especially when the entertainment is free.

It's Zoo Season

I want to post all these wonderful things, then I get busy, don't type it out and forget what I had to say...ugh.

So anyway, Addison and I went to the Detroit Zoo this past weekend with my best friend, her kids & mom.
 We met up with some of my friends from work and their kids (or borrowed children).

 It was a beautiful day, and they were doing a humane society pet adoption there also which meant the place was crazy busy.  One of our friends from work couldn't get  in to park so they ended up missing out on the day and one of my friends from high school that was going to bring her daughter for her first zoo trip also ended up missing out because of the parking/population problem!  GEES  who knew the zoo was so popular!

But those of us who got in made the best of our sun soaked day!  I didn't get to do it lounging around like this little fatty though.

My child was the terror that I assumed she would be about riding in our wagon, basically she threw a hissy fit screaming and screaming when I'd make her sit down.  (This I don't have to do a damn thing you say I have to do is her new thing, and she knows how to protest...very loudly.  She is stubborn and feisty, quite honestly she gets it from her parents but oh man is it irritating when it's directed at you!)  Seriously the kid is getting her "terrible two" attitude ready I believe.

But as soon as she got to ride with another kid she was just as happy as could be.

       

We had fun seeing all the animals, it's a lot more fun this summer than last because Addison notices them on her own and points things out to me now.  You can see her excitement over them which makes it more fun for me!

She growls and tells you "Lion, Tiger or Bear" she tries her hardest to tell you about the Tee-Pac's

She loved the Giraffe though I hate that they don't get up close to you like they do at Binder Park Zoo.

And the Ooo-Ooo's are always a hit!

All in all a good zoo day...Well for some of us at least.

Wordlessish Wednesday

Last week my step-mom called me to let me know that Dad's headstone had been placed so we made a trip out that night to check it out.  It turned out very nice, and it is MASSIVE, slightly taller than Addison and just as thick as the base that it is sitting on. 

Gail (my step-mom) had a picture from their wedding day put on the stone, I didn't even know that they could do that until she mentioned that she was going to have it done.  Addison didn't even have to be told anything before she walked right to the picture and said "Papa".  So sweet. Happy to see a permanent stone there now!

Linking up with Parenting by Dummies, the Papermama, live and love outloud, and then she snapped, & Jenni from the blog