Birthday Trip

For Nathan’s birthday, we took him to Green Bay.  When we arrived on Sunday, August 18, we went straight to the New Zoo, where he saw one of his favorite zoo animals – the peacock:

 

Here’s Nathan feeding the giraffes:

 

Watching the otters jump into the water:

 

That night, we had dinner, complete with ice cream:

 

On his birthday, August 19, we took Nathan to the National Railroad Museum:

 

We took a train ride and got to ride in the engine:

 

 

Nathan even got to blow the train horn:

 

The next day we visited Lambeau Field and took the tour, where we had our pictures taken:

Birthday Party!

Nathan had his 4th Birthday Party on Saturday, August 17.  It was a ‘Cars’-theme birthday:

 

 

 

 

MacKenzie Environmental Center

On Saturday, Daddy had a party to attend, so Nathan and Mommy met up with Jade’s family for a visit to the MacKenzie Environmental Educational Center, which is near Lodi. 

Here we are getting started on the wildlife walk:

 

With Smokey the Bear:

 

The wolves, who kept a close eye on Nathan and Jade:

 

A couple of owls:

 

A bald eagle, and its (giant!) nest:

 

Comparing wingspans:

 

Mr. Raccoon:

 

Jade’s favorite – the skunk:

 

A mountain lion:

 

After the wildlife exhibit, we went to visit Paul Bunyan:

 

We topped off our fun morning with a picnic: