Weekend in Wichita

The morning after Matt and I returned from our quick getaway, we headed out again. He went on a boy's golf trip and I took the kids to Wichita to hang out with my parents and sister. My mom let the kids help her decorate some of her fabulous sugar cookies. Luke stood still long enough to do six, which was big for him. You could tell which ones Grace did because of the giant piles of sugar or sprinkles.

They were super huggy and lovey with each other at dinner that night. Love this little shot of them.

The next day, Father's Day, we visited Tanganyika Wildlife Park with the whole crew. Luke absolutely loves it because everything is very hands-on. Grace would much rather view animals from a distance, or even not at all.

The kangaroos are my favorite there because you can get in with them and even pet them. Many of the kangaroos had pretty big joeys in their pouches (all three do in this pic) and that is so cool to see up close.

Aunt Becca was trying to use her Aussie-ness to get Grace to pet the kangaroo, but she wasn't having it.

She wanted to feed the tortoises, which meant I had to hold the lettuce while she held my arm. Starting somewhere, I guess. Shortly after this pic I stopped taking pics because of an incident. Luke was headed over to feed the llamas and two of them started getting in a fight. As Luke approached, one of them spit and it went all over Luke - right in his face and on his shirt. It was as if I watched it in slow motion because I could see it starting to happen but couldn't warn him quickly enough. He was totally grossed/freaked out, but we washed him down in the bathroom and he was able to get over it. We all certainly laugh about it now and Grace still talks about the spitting llama.

He had a little sprinkler time that afternoon - more washing off that llama nastiness.

That evening Matt joined us from his golf trip and we all enjoyed a delicious Father's day dinner. Gracie is very timid around water, but finally got in and really played in the sprinkler with Luke after dinner.