Wednesday, October 15, 2008
"O" is for ORANGE
Jacob is officially an orange belt in Tae Kwon Doe! He took his test today and is one belt closer to black!
Sharkarosa Homeschool Day
Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch (www.sharkarosa.com) was only open to Homeschoolers yesterday so we decided it'd be really fun to check it out. I took the boys and Jay's mom too. It's close by which makes it very convenient.
They have lots of animals you can pet and you can take a train ride and go on a safari. They feed the animals off the side of the train and it lets you get real up close and personal with the animals. They had beautiful clydesdale zebras, lamas, horses, camels, lots of kangaroos and joeys, lemurs, deer, snakes, monkeys and lots of other animals. They have a deer that had been hit by a car and the bottom of its mouth ended up severely deformed. Someone found it on the side of the road and brought it to Sharkarosa. There is no way this deer would survive in the wild because it would not be able to eat. They feed it a very soft food that doesnt have to be chewed and the deer eats with his tongue ans swallows it. its mouth cannot open, but he's quite stalky so he's certainly not suffering! Its quite interesting to say the least. Some of the workers walked around with lemurs on their shoulders or little joeys carried in small pouch purses so they'd feel "safe and at home". All for the children to pet. We saw several friends out there and had a nice picnic lunch. Jacob is in a homeschool Zoology class every Friday and the teacher bring 3-5 animals to that but this was like a zoology class on steroids to him. he really had a fabulous time.
Enjoy our photos!
Leraning about snakes
Traffic jam in Egypt!
"Hey camel---smile big like ME!"
I didn't say "Simon says!!!"
This is the deer with the deformed mouth. He looks and acts really happy though! He was so sweet and let us pet him over and over and over....
Momma camel giving baby camel sweet kisses
A little joey all snuggled up in a pouch
They have lots of animals you can pet and you can take a train ride and go on a safari. They feed the animals off the side of the train and it lets you get real up close and personal with the animals. They had beautiful clydesdale zebras, lamas, horses, camels, lots of kangaroos and joeys, lemurs, deer, snakes, monkeys and lots of other animals. They have a deer that had been hit by a car and the bottom of its mouth ended up severely deformed. Someone found it on the side of the road and brought it to Sharkarosa. There is no way this deer would survive in the wild because it would not be able to eat. They feed it a very soft food that doesnt have to be chewed and the deer eats with his tongue ans swallows it. its mouth cannot open, but he's quite stalky so he's certainly not suffering! Its quite interesting to say the least. Some of the workers walked around with lemurs on their shoulders or little joeys carried in small pouch purses so they'd feel "safe and at home". All for the children to pet. We saw several friends out there and had a nice picnic lunch. Jacob is in a homeschool Zoology class every Friday and the teacher bring 3-5 animals to that but this was like a zoology class on steroids to him. he really had a fabulous time.
Enjoy our photos!
Leraning about snakes
Traffic jam in Egypt!
"Hey camel---smile big like ME!"
I didn't say "Simon says!!!"
This is the deer with the deformed mouth. He looks and acts really happy though! He was so sweet and let us pet him over and over and over....
Momma camel giving baby camel sweet kisses
A little joey all snuggled up in a pouch
Thursday, October 2, 2008
jump around
Jumping on the trampoline in the rain....Such fun!
Jumping with Daddy on the trampoline at dusk.
Jumping with Daddy on the trampoline at dusk.
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