The park is a fair distance, it is in Scotland Neck, North Carolina. We went there because it was free with our aquarium membership.
The two older girls had been with grandparents but Emily Grace and myself had never been. It was a great experience. It was educational, and it was fun. All in all, we had a great day.
We missed Megan immensely, in every way. Emily Grace asked several times where mommy was. I assured her that she had to work and would be waiting for us when we returned and sure enough she was.
All that you see is of course under netting and in a bird aviary.
This is the traditional picture of Emily Grace sitting on a sculptured turtle.
O the flamingos.
Olivia would already take no chances but now she knew for sure.
This is the beaver blind, but I believe that the beavers have figured out that there's almost always someone watching. In any event – they were gone (One last vacation for them before beaver school starts I would imagine).
These are the bees. Now, you have to wonder why a Birdpark has to have bees. Let us not miss any opportunity to have children ask questions about the birds and the bees. Maybe I'm the only one who thought about it.
This is the hands-on part of the park. This is the part that the girls remembered and could not wait to repeat.
For some reason, even the keeper could not seem to figure out; the birds were very attracted to My shoes. I think it must have to do with the salt water residue left from the weekend. Either that, or I have sweet feet.
We fed flamingos by hand!
No children's attraction is complete without a playground.
This is a peacock refusing to spread his feathers for the 705th time this day.
Truthfully, there were a lot more attractions after the playground but Emily Grace got tired, so I carried her. OK, count the hands, there was not one left for the camera so pictures got sparse during the rest of the tour.
We had a great time, we did miss mom and we recognize how incomplete we are without her, but the girls were great and so was this day.
I shall not soon forget the smiles on the faces and the laughter in the air as little girls felt the tickle of flamingo and parakeet beaks on their hands. I shall not forget the serenity I felt in the miles of driving across freshly harvested farmlands. I shall not forget how careful you have to be with each step when your feet are parakeet ridden.
I shall not forget how blessed I am to have a wife that I miss even when I'm just going to be away from her for a couple of hours and children that miss he too.
We are a team, this Davis family. And, whatever we face tomorrow or in days to come, we will face it side-by-side.
I love my family and the best is yet to come!
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