Last week marked the end of my maternity leave, so I filled every minute with the things I'd been meaning to do for the last 12 weeks but never got around to. Most of it was administrative stuff like paperwork, bill-paying and daycare orientations, but I did squeeze in a trip to the zoo with my small group friends and a trip to the Wild Animal Safari in Pine Mountain, GA. Needless to say, I had my fill of animals last week!
My mom's friend visited the Wild Animal Safari and suggested it to her. We decided take a girls' trip and spend the night Friday at Callaway Gardens (just down the street from the Park), and get up in the morning to visit the Wild Animal Safari as soon as it opened. The 3 generations of girls had a great time together: playing in the pool at Callaway on Friday night, eating a southern meal at the Country Kitchen, having a sleepover in the Mountain Creek Inn, stopping to see the horses on the way to the Safari, and then of course the Safari did not disappoint!
I separated the pics into 3 different slideshows, and there are a couple videos, too.
Here are the pics from Callaway and the "walk-about" portion of the Wild Animal Safari. We did that part while we were waiting for our "safari van rental". Raegan loved the jeep/stroller! The animals in the walk-about were so close and easy to see. They even had Ligers (lion/tiger mix)! Raegan wanted to feed the siberian tigers, but we decided that wasn't a good idea.
Here's a video of Raegan getting ready for the safari:
Next slideshow is the safari experience. We rented a safari van instead of taking our own car - it was a good move b/c those animals have lots of slobber, horns, etc. that could mess up your car! The car was very old, had no AC, and the seat was bolted in so my feet barely reached the pedals. The animals are all roaming free, and they are not afraid of the cars! Raegan enjoyed feeding them for the most part, but you can see that after a while we had to start rolling our windows halfway up b/c the animals were a little intrusive. Definitely not a good trip if your child does not like animals, but Raegan really enjoyed it!
This is a slideshow of more animals, no people. Just in case you are interested in seeing more of what the park had to offer. Some pics are from the walk-about part and others are from the safari.
Lastly, a video of part of the experience:
Meanwhile, Tony and Hudson had some father-son bonding time at home. They ran errands on Saturday and Hudson slept through the night for Tony (of course!). We spent Sunday preparing for the week ahead, and I started work on Monday. So far, so good. Hudson is doing well in daycare, although I think Tony is exhausted by the time he actually gets into work after dropping off both kids! We have a pretty good routine going in the mornings to get everyone and everything loaded into the van. Raegan is having a hard time with her transition to the next class at daycare, so that makes the mornings a little challenging. We feel like she will be well adjusted in just a few more days. On my first day back to work, there was NO ONE that I work with in the office! I'm looking forward to seeing some faces when I go back into the office on Thursday. I'll be keeping the same schedule I had before - Mon, Tues, Wed at home and Thurs in the office. Off on Fridays, and Raegan and Hudson will stay at home with me.
The Miley household is definitely having a crazy week of transition, but we are looking forward to a relaxing weekend!
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