Dallie’s First Field Trip

I went on Dallie’s first kindergarten field trip with her to a petting zoo.  She had a fun time, but didn’t care to touch most of the animals.  Her favorite parts were the pony ride and the bunnies. 

Standing back while the rest of the kids caught the ducks.

The hay ride.

Mrs. Marriage’s Monkeys.

This was the funniest looking (miniature) cow I’ve ever seen.

Going on a train ride.  I’m not sure Dallie and Malia are a good combination.  Mrs. Marriage said she did have to separate them in class.  They drive me crazy when they are together.

And my favorite picture: “Agghhh!  It’s Sasquatch!”

Sebastian Inlet

The kids didn’t have school last Monday, so we explored a little more of Florida.  We drove south on the A1A with the intent of visiting a turtle museum, but it isn’t open on Mondays.  So we kept going south and ended up at Sebastian Inlet State Park.  There was a little fishing museum there that we visited and then we walked around and enjoyed the wildlife and views. 

Jelly fish.

The beach was really pretty there.  We didn’t swim though because the surf was really rough and the flag warning of dangerous marine life was flying.  And we still needed to do some shopping.

Creepy!

We visited the creepiest place over the weekend.  They house and breed snakes, turtles, lizards, gators, etc.

Checking out the turtles.

Then we went in the snake house.  And after being in there I think I’d rather be near a gator than a snake.

At this place they harvest snake venom and we were able to watch them do it. 

This guy has been bit 15 times.  He doesn’t have much feeling left in his hands, he’s missing a finger and has many other battle scars.  He’s developed an allergy to the venom, so the last time he was bit they had to restart his heart 3 times. 

After the harvest they brought out a non-venomous snake for everyone to hold.  I was even brave enough to hold it (at a distance).

A Nile crocodile.

A tiny turtle.

Banana spider over the turtle enclosure.

And then we had lunch at a Southern chicken and biscuits/pirate joint.