Lazy 5 Ranch- Henry.

By Sunday morning, all four kids were getting pretty tired, so mama decided that we better leave so the Paytons let us come back again. We called up mama's cousin Andy and his wife Christina and agreed to meet at the Lazy 5 Ranch.

We feel dumb for never having gone down to Lazy 5 Ranch before. It's an enormous drive-though exotic animal park with a petting zoo and a huge playground shaped like a ship. We had a great time on the ship before Andy and Christina showed up, but mama didn't get any pictures because the whole thing was 5 feet off the ground and she spent most of her time trying to make sure June didn't fall.

We stopped first at the petting zoo to feed some animals. I had the method of flat hand, stright fingers down, but June wouldn't do it, so she didn't get to feed the sheep.

I fed this goat because all the other big ones kept pushing him out of the way.

After we ate ice cream, Mister Andy bought us a big bucket of feed. I couldn't wait to find more animals to feed it to!

These camels were very eager to get some food. They would press their mouths wide open against the fence and then would use their big upper lips to get food out of the bucket. And it's true what they say about camel spit. They didn't spit on us, but it was really thick and gross.

Mister Andy and Miss Christina surprised us by making reservations on the wagon ride instead of just driving through in the mini van. This was a great idea because the animals came running when they saw the wagon because they knew there was plenty of food. This antelope licked all the spilled feed off the floor.

Mama loved the big animals. They strolled up, lifted their heads, stuck their tongues out and waited for you to feed them. This bison couldn't even keep his tongue in his mouth.

This little zebra was only 5 days old. It's skinny legs and knobby knees reminded us of Natalie.

This water buffalo got out of its mud hole just to see us.

June played it cool in her hat and sunglasses. We were glad Miss Christina held her for most of the ride so mama and I could feed animals.

This African cow (we can't remember its name) has the biggest horns for a cow. They wouldn't let us feed it because the "horns always get there before his mouth does."

The best part was when we visited the giraffes!

I got to feed a giraffe some leaves!

I told mama "it has a blue tongue" and "I can't wait to tell papa!"

This huge cow (it had to be 6 feet tall) was special because it was in the HBO miniseries John Adams. Mama and papa are watching it now and mama makes sure to point it out every time it's on the screen. This cow got a hold of our bucket and ate everything out of it and almost ate the bucket itself.

Thanks so much to Mister Andy and Miss Christina for spending the day with us and then inviting us back to their house for a cookout. I think we might have freaked them out a little bit when they found out that tired kids just get more hyper. We were so wound up that we may have worn a hole in their carpet when we ran laps around their house.

After supper, we headed to the Charlotte airport to pick up papa. We loved this airport because it has a cell-phone lot- a parking lot made just so you can wait for a call from the baggage claim. And you don't have to pay to park! Genius. Too bad Juner and I didn't have any patience for sitting in a parking lot. We drove around the loop and mama drove down a restricted road and almost drove onto a runway. It was awesome! We got to see 5 big planes up close!