Prairie Dog Run

Yesterday Kylee and I followed a few of our playgroup friends out to the Wildlife Refuge. First the group stopped at Prairie Dog Run to feed the prairie dogs. Kylee loved it! She ran right up to the fence and said "hi". She was very excited and, of course, wanted to pet the "dogs". Surprisingly, I only had to tell her once to stay on the outside of the fence. I was very proud of her for being such a good listener! Our friend, Christina, advised us to bring nutter butter cookies for the prairie dogs. We did, and they loved them! Kylee got quite a kick out of throwing pieces of cookie and seeing the prairie dogs eat them.

After throwing quite a few to the prairie dogs, Kylee decided to try the cookies herself. She too was a big fan.

After that, we drove to a scenic spot near Mt. Scott for a picnic. When we got out of the car, we were greeted by a brave (and apparently hungry) raccoon. The raccoon followed us to our picnic spot. Another raccoon soon joined him, and the two persistently attempted numerous sneak attacks on our food. Christina The Brave, fueled by her sons cries, protected our group by charging off the raccoons anytime they got too close.

Kylee thought the raccoons were awesome. At first, she was practically jumping out of her stroller wanting to "pet" them. Luckily, she was super hungry. As soon as I set food on her tray, she sat back, watched, and enjoyed her lunch. Eventually she joined the other kiddos in telling the raccoons to "go". I think that was her favorite part of the whole adventure.

Anyways.... after being chased off quite a few times by Christina and Gavin (the worlds smartest/bravest 2 yr old), the raccoons finally retreated. With the coast clear, we let the kiddos loose to run around and explore.

Kylee had a great time running around and climbing the rocks. It didn't take her long to realize that Christina was taking pictures. At that point, she became quite the ham.

Thanks to Christina for an awesome morning! This was definitely one of my favorite things that we have done this summer, and I'm pretty sure Kylee would agree.

When we she woke up from her nap yesterday, the first thing she was said was "more dog cookie". I got her out of the crib , and she walked straight to the back door and said "bye bye dog cookie". She was already ready to go again! I took her to the computer and showed her the pictures I had uploaded during her nap.

All evening yesterday and all afternoon today she has been at my computer demanding to see the pictures. Her favorite is one of the raccoon pictures. Each time she sees it she spends several minutes repeatedly telling it to "go". Then she says "hug" and lays her head on the screen. Goofy girl!