After our amazing morning at Butterfly World, we were super excited to drive up to Lion Country Safari for an afternoon with the animals. Dallas was a sweetheart and took half the day off so he could spend it with all of us. It's always more fun with daddy around! Once we got up to the Drive-through safari park, Dallas, Daxton, and I hopped in Bryan's minivan so we could all do the tour together. The kids had a blast calling out the different animals they saw. They all also had fun jumping around the car without their seatbelts on! Since your only allowed to drive between 5-10 mph children are not expected to stay in their seats. Daxton and Sadie both loved jumping from the front to back and sitting on everyone's laps. The three older kids had fun taking turns in the "trunk" of the minivan watching for animals out the back window.
Technically you're not supposed to roll down your window, but we broke the rules when no animals were around. Sadie was a pretty great side seat driver, telling her daddy where to go and when to stop.
Bryan was a sweetheart to let Daxton sit on his lap, while pushing all the buttons and turning the wipers and blinkers on.
I love how many animals we always see at the Lion Country Safari. Not only do they have several different varieties from all around the world, but they have such a high quantity that you are bound to see something new on each tour. This time the water buffalo were super close to our car which the kids all loved.
I was holding Dax for a lot of the ride and ended up not taking too many of the animals, but we all loved watching the rhinos and zebra drink from their watering hole. Lucky for them, they don't have to worry about lurking crocodiles in their habitat!
After the drive-through portion of the park, we all hopped out to explore the rest of the zoo.
We loved showing them all the different plant life that naturally grows in south florida. It's so different than where we are all from!
They have several different little rides for the kids to go on, but almost all of them simply spin in a circle, which makes me SUPER sick. Max was a trooper to go on the rides with Daxton over and over. He's not only an awesome big brother, but an amazing cousin as well!
Best seat in the house!
Daxton sure loves his daddy and missed him greatly during busy season. Look at those matching curls!
Daxton and I's favorite thing to do at Lion Country Safari is feeding the giraffes. There is a large platform built where you can literally be face to face with these beautiful animals. For a couple dollars we bought a bunch of lettuce and took turns feeding the giraffe out of our hands. It's so crazy to me how long their tongues are! Each of the kids had a lot of fun interacting with them.
I have to admit there were a lot of bittersweet moments while Bryan's family was in town visiting. My heart melted watching how deeply Daxton loves his cousins and how well they love him in return, it brakes my heart a bit knowing we are so far away from family. Even though we love it here in south Florida and know that we are supposed to be here, it's hard seeing family so rarely throughout the year.
After exploring most of the zoo, we headed to the splash pad and water slides. We were all very hot from walking around and being in the sun, so the kids had a lot of fun cooling off. Heather and Bryan were brave enough to go down the massive slides with their older kids, but Daxton wanted to stay mostly in the splash pad. He had so much fun running in and out of the fountains.
Even though he was over two, we still had him dressed in his 18 month swimsuit, which was pretty cute to show off his "muscles." We've realized that we swim so often that we need to just purchase a couple more suits, but he didn't seem to mind the snug fit!
Sadie and Daxton had a lot of fun playing in and out of the fountains together.
On our way out of the park, the kids wanted to ride on the different rides one more time. It was pretty cute to see them all in their dripping wet swimsuits, but it was the perfect way to dry off since all of us had forgotten towels.
We ended up eating at Panera Bread for dinner on our way home. It was so funny to watch these two cuties interact! So many giggles and hugs between the two of them.
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