Safari Sunday

For a week, John has been asking me, " 'fari now?" meaning that he'd like to go to the safari (Lazy 5 Ranch) now. It's been about a month since we last went while Grampa Neil was visiting. On Sunday the early February weather was positively gorgeous, a high of 68 with a mild breeze blowing that I simply have to describe as a zephyr. We decided to visit the safari, where many baby animals had been born since we were there last. John rode with his head out the sun roof--with Daddy holding him and driving very carefully and Mama nervous nonetheless.
I sat in the back seat with Mary. The below picture is fuzzy but shows how grand her smiles have become at almost three months old.

In this first video, you can hear John looking for camels: "Camels? No. Not yet. Not yet, honey! Climbing." On that note, I say "honey"--a lot. I call Chris and John "honey" following most sentences in my day. I've only realized this because John now says "honey"--a lot. He sounds exactly like Joe Jack on "King of the Hill," for those of you who know the reference.

In this second video you can hear him spot the camels and say "bye animals!"

Feeding the giraffe was a highlight.

Afterward we played on a neat structure that was two arks connected by a fort.

Astonishingly, we were even able to leave the safari at the end of the afternoon without a tantrum from John. It was a lovely visit.