Monday, August 25, 2008

Beacon Hill Park

Our first encounter in the petting zoo was a huge pregnant pot bellied pig! She was doing some serious sun bathing :D

There are many beautiful peacocks at Beacon Hill, one is pure white.

I was very impressed, Derek rushed ahead of us into the goat area, but when I found him he had already located a brush and was gently brushing a goat, he didn't need a tutorial!!
These are African pygmy goats who, aside from the babies, always seem to be pregnant, nursing, or both! They are very playful and so fun to visit we used to do it even as college students ;p They are so small that the very pregnant ones look as wide as they are tall!

This was hilarious, the goat was twirling its tail and Caleb was trying to catch it. He followed the goat around trying to grab its tail and giggling the whole time!

One of my favorite sites around Victoria, the horse drawn carriages, they often drive through the park.

The ducks were a big hit with the boys and it is always fun to try to spot the duckings, this one in the center was unique, and quite eye catching.

We are in the middle of what used to be the rose garden, it has a sundial and a radial shape, I loved all the use of color and texture.

There is a really nice kids park in the park, it was very busy! Climin' climin' :D

The swings are also very popular with our wee boys :)

When we came to the park I tried to describe all the animals and things we would see, sometimes you see turtles, so I mentioned them. Well after that all we heard was "Mom where are the turtles! I want to see a turtle." Then as we were leaving, at the last pond before the van we saw them, two turtles on a rock in the water, can you see them? It was a nice ending :D

3 comments:

Hilary said...

Yay, new pictures! We need to plan a trip to either Woodland Park or Point Defiance, don't you think? :)

Danny said...

Oh that sounds like lots of fun! The boys even got coupons to Point Defiance! They are too young to need them but we got free passes as part of the library's summer reading program :D

Jeff and Marissa said...

Just wanted to drop in and say hello! Wow - little guy sure is growing fast!!
M