The jumping house was a huge hit...
It was really cool to see the 'real' thing after learning about them in books!
Not so sure about the baby chicks
Finally brave enough to pet the goat ("Rainy size", she said. Which means, "Reagan's size.")
I was very proud of her for touching the duck's feet. The animals in cages were much easier to approach!
Probably her favorite of all the animals was the rooster above. She gave him quite a few "cock-a-doodle-do's"
Hmmm.... I thought pigs were pink (that's they way they are in the books!)
The coolest part of the day was meeting fellow Albanian-adoptee, Maria (bottom right), and her sister (adopted from Ukraine), Natalie. They and their mom, Joann, invited us to swim at their hotel pool afterwards! It doesn't get much more fun than that!
This week some friends of ours who are moving gave us their child bicycle seat -- something we were quite excited about as cycling is something we want to add to our list of outdoor activities. So, today we eagerly purchased a helmet for Els, even letting her choose which helmet she wanted (hoping it would make it more fun to wear). It came down to Grover and the Sesame Street gang verses a girlie blue helmet with pink ladybugs. Well, the ladybugs won and so blue and pink her helmet is. As you can see, though, the inaugural bike ride was quite short-lived. Nathan didn't even make it out of the parking lot.
Ellie's birthday also happens to land on flag day...
Uncle Steve (in town for Icthus) getting to know Viktor
Tua, your gift was a hit!
art supplies are very cool
