Trail Mix

Today we went to Trail Mix at Tribble Mill Park. They had a bunch of family activities, and we all had a nice time. We went on a hayride, met some greyhounds, visited the petting zoo, (almost) rode a pony, had a picnic, tried to swim in a giant swimming pool full of bubbles, and of course, played on the playground. Sarah was too nervous on the hayride to sit on the bench by herself, even if it was right next to me. She loved the greyhounds, but during the visit I heard her refer to them as dog, horse, and cow, so she might have been a bit confused by their size and their spots :-) We stood in line for 10 minutes waiting for the pony rides, and she was so excited and could barely stand to wait her turn. However, when her turn arrived, she decided that she did not in fact want to sit on the horse (I knew all along she wouldn't do it, but we tried anyway). She would rather watch them go "round and round." Even though she didn't want to sit on one, she cried when we left them. She also wanted us to drop her over the fence into the cage with the animals at the petting zoo- ha! At the arts and crafts station, she got a cute butterfly painted on her face and actually sat very still while they painted. However, she pitched a huge fit after throwing her bubble wand in the pool twice (and the little girl working at the bubble station kept taking the wand and putting it away, which made Sarah furious) and being told that the bubbles were "all done," so her butterfly ended up with a tear streak down the middle :-( All in all, it was a typical adventure, and I wish they had all those free activities at the park more often!