Our Life: Sharkarosa Ranch

Sunday, Keeley had a birthday party to attend at Sharkarosa Wildlife Ranch for one of her friends. For the first part of the party, it was just me and the girls so I was a little nervous. Fortunately, Kayden slept the entire time in the wrap and Keeley was so entralled with everything that she was pretty happy. I was nervous when we first got there because Keeley fell in the grass parking lot and then started crying (actual tears people) because there was grass on her hands (she wasn't hurt, just dirty). Fortunately, that passed quickly.

The party started with some free time to explore the small animal area. They had lemurs, monkeys, camels, albino kangaroos, roaming dogs, donkeys, etc. ALL Keeley was interested in watching were the lemurs. She was in love with them. She especially liked the baby lemurs and watching them play. Whenever they would wander from the front to a place she couldn't see them as well, she would sign for more.

Watching the baby lemurs play.

Looking at the albino kangaroos

After a little while, they brought the animals out and let the kids touch some of them. Keeley did not participate. She wanted to look at them but was much more interested in following the Great Dane dog around.

Next was a ride on the train. It was one of those barrel ones pulled by a tractor. I thought for sure Keeley would be one of the kids that they had to stop the train for because she was trying to escape. I was even more nervous as she started crying when I walked away. She's a trooper though and was one of the few kids that didn't bail out mid ride (there were two) and was still happy when they got back to the parents.

Examining her seat. She refused to ride with her friend Cali and I had to convince her to sit down before they started moving.

She chose to ride backwards - the only kid that did this by the way.

Pulling away from Mom - in the second seat.

After that we went on the Safari tram and got to see lots of neat animals up close. Keeley especially liked it when the camels and horses came up to eat from the buckets on the tram.