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Monday, 19 April 2010

Adventures Abound

Curtis and I are always trying to research different places to take Bella for family days out. Since the weather has finally gotten better, it has made a world of difference. On Saturday we ventured northwest about an hour to Pettitts Animal Adventure Park. It is a farm/mini-zoo/amusement park/park for under 7's. It had a petting zoo, miniature monkeys, birds, bunnies, guinea pigs, rides, games, tons of playground equipment, crafts, entertainment, a train, food, picnic areas, etc. It was so refreshing to see something like this geared toward young kids....Bella was able to do almost everything. It was an absolutely fabulous day! Oh, and we even got out of the gift store WITHOUT buying ANOTHER stuffed animal....picture perfect!

Bella has never met a slide she didn't love. It's getting increasingly difficult to pry her off the slide when play time is over. The girl is a slide fanatic....she has no fear.


The Alice inWonderland choo-choo train. Bella loved riding this around and pulling the bell over and over. Plus, saying train.

The Petting Zoo. Bella wasn't too interested in the animals this time around. This was probably because of all of the slides she had on her mind. There were a ton of animals (goats, chickens, pigs, etc.) but Bella would just get close enough to stare 'em downThe Flying Elephant ride. I wasn't sure Bella would even want to go on this ride at all. Yet, we ate lunch right next to it and all she did was watch it the entire time. So, sure enough we strapped her in and she loved it. I like going up da-da...push the button more, more, more!

This is a story in itself. You had to put in a pound to get these tractors going, but you had to press down on the green pedal to make it go. Well, I was very excited to ride this with Bella. But, basically we both couldn't fit and she did not want my lap. So, picture me trying to straddle the back just enough to press down on the gas pedal. It kept jerking. It was so funny and Bella wanted me off. So, Daddy tried to solve the problem. In the end, we just pushed her. Her thoughts--This tractor does not go fast enough nor does it interest me....let's go back to the slides.

Clear the roads people, I'm coming through. (Bella's first car ride..similiar to the ones at Disneyland on the track)


This slide, although short, was super, super fast. She was covered in bark after it shot her off the end. But, of course it didn't phase her one bit...she just got up (bark dangling in her hair and all) and went to do it again.

This is a picture of Bella being naughty. She did not want to leave the Thomas Engine slide. So, we did the "okay, bye" trick......look how good it worked this time.....she's pretty far back. Guess she showed us.


Lady P (licence plate) has arrived, let's get this party started. (Bella's first carousel ride)

No matter how I steer this thing, it still just goes around and around.
Hi da-da! Look, no hands!
Are you sure I can't keep the car?This place even has bunnies! Is this Heaven?














2 comments:

  1. This place is fantastic!!! Hopefully someday, when Curt and I move back to England (fingers crossed!), we can do a playdate! Ava and Bella would have a blast as we, too, are obsessed with slides. She is also pretty big on the swing and can hang out in them for hours while I push her over and over. She’s so beautiful!!!!!!!!!

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  2. Hmmm, I tried to comment yesterday but it didn’t take! What I wanted to say was that this place looks fantastic! I hope we have some playdates in our future! Who knows...we could be back to England some day! Great posts and I always look forward to catching up with you, Curt, and Miss Bella!

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