Tae's Special Trip...

Last Thursday was our 4th wedding anniversary, so my parents decided as our gift they would take Miss T on a special trip and N & I could have some time on our own. A very thoughtful gift if you ask me. The trip that they decided on was to take T to Tuscon, it is only a few hours south and they had a variety of activities planned. I have to say that T has never gone away like this before, I do understand that she is almost 4 and she was only going to be gone for less than 32 hours, but it was hard for me, I fought tears and sometimes they won. On Friday afternoon when we were on our way home from school/work Tae fell a sleep (this typically happens on Thursdays) and when she is out like that she is out for the night. So I was a little bummed that I wasn't going to be able to hang out with her but glad that she was going to be well rested for her trip. So it's Friday night N and I are old timers now and went to bed just after 10, but I slipped into panic mode and could not sleep because I was sooooo worried about T leaving. At one point I woke N up to tell him that she wasn't going anymore, LOL!!! So finally I was feeling better and went to sleep only to have T come into our room at 3:30am to tell me that she was hungry (no dinner due to the early bed) that she wanted to have breakfast and that she was ready to go on her trip. Classic!!! She was soooo excited. N did the first shift since I confessed that I hadn't gotten much sleep due to my motherly worries. Around 4:30 I took over and N went back to sleep. We started packing her bags, she literally took bags of stuff with her. All in all she went and had a great time, below are a few pictures. N & I had a great time, we took a nap (due to the crazy night), we saw 2 movies (still can't believe it), ate 3 adult meals, got massages, and really just enjoyed each other. But, we were both very happy when T got home, we just aren't complete with out her!

The first stop on the agenda was a bird farm......apparently they had other animals too.....

I think in this one she is saying "Noni, I don't want to feed the deer......."
"You feed the deer Noni, I think I see something I like better......"
"I like the donkey..........."
"I really like the donkey..........."

T said that ostriches are scary & that they bite, Poppy was the only one brave enough to feed them! She said that Poppy is sooo brave because of that!

The emus were little smaller than the ostriches but still scary, she did get some of their feathers.

Noni is so brave because she let the birds sit on her hand and eat.

Another stop was to visit the snow, yes we do have snow here in the AZ. Knowing T she is trying to hit Noni & Poppy with a snow ball! Good job T!

Then she slid down the hill on her buns, ate the snow and tried to make a snow angel but said it didn't work. She really had a great time and we enjoyed our time too...Thanks Mom & Dad :)