The Toohigs: June 2019

Sunday, June 30, 2019

Take Me on a Safari!

The Eldreds are always up for an adventure, so on an unusually cool June afternoon (after theatre camp for HG and swim lessons and VBS for them), we set off to explore the brand new safari park in Como, MS. It just opened in May and didn't disappoint! There is a huge area with giraffes to feed, a barn with goats and lambs to pet and feed, a camel ride area, and then what seems like a hundred acres of a safari park to drive through and feed the the animals. The kids were so brave and had so much fun with every animal, although they finally listened to my advice and rolled up the windows for those dang ostriches- they are mean! We laughed and laughed all day!

Turned out that the dirt was more fun that the giraffes

Cressey was literally DYING to ride the camel. We got her on one with Rowan, and she LOST HER MIND. They had to bring her back to me. She finally calmed down and said she wanted to ride in the front, so they put her on in the front seat with Lawson and HG behind her. She was much happier with that arrangement!

A nice way to end the beautiful day!

HG's Birthday Bash: Opryland Sound Waves

For the last few years, HG has had a big group birthday party with some school friends, but this year, they all seemed to kind of want to do their own thing. She thought about it for a long time, but I was able to talk her into doing a fun getaway trip instead of a party. With the end of the school year and the Memorial Day weekend, her actual birthday is kind of hard to get a group together. So we had a lot of special little treats and a family birthday party on her actual day, and then we took a little road trip with her BFF and her mom to Opryland in Nashville in June. We did it up, getting the girls their own room with a view on Friday night (complete with matching pjs and face masks), having breakfast in bed, and then hitting the water park ALL DAY on Saturday. The girls played and ran and swam and slid until nearly 7 p.m. Helen Grace was literally laying on the bathroom floor from exhaustion as we changed clothes and got ready to hit the road. We had the best time celebrating our TEN YEAR OLD birthday girl!!

We walked through the water park before dinner to check it out and make a game plan for Saturday.

Before bedtime, HG and I took a little late night walk through the Delta Atrium where they had a Smurf theme going on with these beautiful lighted flowers.