We had a fun-filled weekend in Knoxville. Grandma made the long journey down to TN to stay with us for a long weekend. On Saturday morning, we headed to the Little Ponderosa Zoo. Mom and I took Grace last year and she seemed to enjoy it. However, this year we saw a whole new level of excitement! This place is a little petting zoo and you can feed most of the animals. Grace wasn't afraid of ANYTHING and walked up to each and every animal or cage to pet and feed them. She got to see monkeys, snakes, goats, horses, turtles, possessed sheep, antelope, llama (you all know how I feel about those crazy things!), camels, etc.!! One of her favorites were the deer. She was belly laughing at them as they ate out of her "feed cup." And one kept sneezing which made her laugh even harder! Grace even got to take a pony ride.....which we determined should've been the grand finale since she REALLY wanted to go "one more time!" Mental note to self for our next visit. We let her pick out a "prize" before leaving and a snake was the winner! Grace never goes for the cute, cuddly stuffed animals.....instead the snakes, dinosaurs, or elephants usually get her vote! And here's the best part.......she made it through our whole visit WITHOUT having any accidents!!! WHO HOO!! This was only her second full day of wearing her "big girl panties" and the zoo was our first big public outing to test the waters. I'm happy to report that Grace made it through 3 whole days without having any accidents....she also pooped on the potty 2 of those days!!! HALLELUIAH!!!! Thanks for the help with that, Grandma!! She did have a small accident today, BUT she also pooped on the potty so that totally counteracts the potty accident in my book!!
Sorry, I digressed a bit....back to last weekend. Grandma entertained Grace A LOT over the weekend while I got some much needed things done: ran errands, started reorganizing our closet so we can move Grace into her big girl room, went to church, met with our preacher, went for my OB check-up, etc. It's amazing what I can get done when someone is here to entertain my little rascal.
On Sunday, we took Grandma out for an early Mother's Day dinner. We went to Mimi's Cafe and for those of you who have been, you know how good their breads are. Well Grace seems to agree since she ate almost the entire bread basket during dinner! WAHAHA! Next time we go, I'll see if they have a bread sampler on the kids menu because that would suit her just fine. She was so good the whole time, and had NO accidents again!!
We were sad to see Grandma go on Monday. But we got some good pictures for you all to enjoy! Thank you again for visiting us, Grandma! We had a great time! Here are some pictures from her visit and a short video of Grace feeding the deer.
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