Ben is training for a certificate to fly a fancy new plane. Yes, he is crazy and may be taking a THIRD job...as if 2 weren't enough. The training is in Scottsdale and his 3 girls got to come along, how lucky are we! We flew in the Seneca and it only took 2 hours, it was a beautiful flight and the girls did really well. 2 hours seem to be the perfect length for us all to enjoy ourselves.
The first day here we went to the Stillmen Railroad Park, it was a great morning and we got to enjoy playing in beautiful weather and ride a mini train twice! You should see the first car Natalie picked for us to ride in. Holy Moly!
The next day Ben needed to sleep in (training is from 5pm-2am) so I headed to the zoo. I was outnumbered 2:1 and knew I was up for a workout! The zoo was awesome! I hate to say it but I enjoyed it MORE then our World Famous San Diego Zoo.
It definitely wasn't as impressive animal wise (which is why our zoo is so famous), but for keeping small ones interested it was the best ever! Little play areas, learning centers and LOTS of hands on activity centers.
Also, I paid an easy $26 to get us ALL in versus the $29 child ticket San Diego charges!
We saw elephants, monkeys, orangutans, giraffes, snakes, cows, goats, a bald eagle, and scarlet macaws. The girls got to milk a cow (pretend), they got climb around in a fairy enchanted tree house, play in a barn, garden and pet/brush the goats.
We washed hands about 3 million times and when Natalie got a drink from a drinking fountain I didn't think anything of it. Then the mom next to me was asked by her 4 year old if she could get a drink...the mom said, "Gross! No, we don't drink that yucky water". Then she gave her daughter a Grande Frappe chino - is loads of sugar, coffee, and calories really a superior choice to my drinking fountain choice? We weren't at the DMV or the heath office, we were at the zoo. I felt kind of hurt by her harsh criticism of the fountain. At first I wanted to defend myself, then I thought why? Clearly she thought her parenting skills were better then mine, I mean she had a healthy drink waiting for her growing girl right there in her stroller...
I guess if Natalie comes down with a rare mouth disease or a rash, I may not find the situation so funny.
I did leave a comment card and included my thinking that high fuctrose corn syrup should not be in the applesauce they serve. Good that I am worried about that and not the cootie covered fountain right???
Scottsdale gets a thumbs up, we have really enjoyed it and hope to come back! It is kid friendly and full of things to do! Just pack some bottled water - he he.
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