Last Day of Vacation

We got home from vacation about 4:15 yesterday.  It was so nice being home.  I couldn't wait to sleep in my own bed.  Neither could Madison.  Ben said when he laid her down last night she actually smiled at him!  I already bought an inflatable kids bed for her to try this weekend when we go to the river.  I'm sure there will be many times of going back and forth to put her back to bed, but at least once she's asleep she'll be more comfortable and have more room!

Yesterday ended up being the nicest day of our vacation, of course.  It was only about 80 degrees and felt great outside!  We went to the zoo again before heading home.  We walked around and saw some more animals, visited the aquarium and rode on the train.  Madison seemed to enjoy it much more yesterday because it was not as warm out.  She even got out of her stroller and walked a little bit!

We saw them feed the bears again.  Once again I was surprised by the fact they were fed fruits and vegetables.  We saw them eat a watermelon, tomatoes, peppers, apples, carrots and oranges.  Bears apparently peal the orange and just eat the inside, I thought that was interesting.  I guess you never know what you are going to learn!

There seemed to be a lot of peacocks roaming around yesterday.   We kept watching one that was eating popcorn off the ground.  Madison really liked watching it so we threw him one of her goldfish.  He thought that was great and came right up to Madison wanting more.  He was so close to her I actually thought he was going to peck at her toes!  We fed him another one and then he wandered off.  It was fun to watch.  

We thought the aquarium was neat, but it was a bit too crowded for Madison and indoors so we had to rush through it.  She did enjoy it for a little while and liked watching the fish, but then it was time to go.  It was getting late and we hadn't had lunch yet, so I didn't blame her.  We left then and drove no more than 10 minutes away to get food and she was so passed out we had a hard time getting her out of the car!  If we weren't so hungry ourselves we might have driven the rest of the way home.  We did think she would get pretty hungry before we got home though.  Once we got back in the car she slept the whole way home!  Now it's time to deal with a cranky girl who is trying (not very successfully) to catch up on some sleep.  Oh well, it was worth it!