The Park

I forgot to bring my camera most of the time we were in Virginia, but I did remember it when we headed to Amazement Square, the local children's museum. We were really excited to go and waited until our last day to do it. Unfortunately, it was closed for renovations the ONE WEEK out of the year that we were there. I guess that means we'll just have to go back to Virginia soon.

Since I had my camera though, we took Anda to the little splash park and took some pictures of her being cute. She was not very interested in getting wet, but she really liked prancing around the fountains.

All in all, it was a very enjoyable and much appreciated vacation. We did lots of fun things that I didn't even mention here, because it's pointless without pictures.

But I think Anda's favorite part of the trip (aside from spending lots of time with Nana and Papa, who didn't let me lift a finger the entire time [which was obviously my favorite part of the trip]) was playing with Dooley Dog.

Go figure.

Natural Bridge Zoo

My parents live pretty close to Natural Bridge, which of course has the world famous Natural Bridge Zoo. It was pretty awesome. It was small enough that you could actually see all (and even interact with some) of the animals.

Anda pet a hippo

played peekaboo with a bear

got eaten by a snake

and even rode an alligator.

That last one looked real, didn't it?

These tigers were beautiful, but I'm more interested in Anda's Marlon Brando face here.

I guess most kids don't have a feeding/petting zoo up the street from their house, so I don't know how impressed Anda was with the goats, but it's always fun to feed animals.

She did get to feed and pet a camel, which was new. 

Although she was not a huge fan of it trying to pet her back.

For such a small zoo, they really had a lot of animals.

And we really had a lot of fun.

DC

Earthquake notwithstanding, Anda and I spent a week and a half with my parents back in Virginia. It was heaven. We flew into DC and decided to stay a day and see some sights.

She had a hard time finding Lincoln when we went in here. I guess he was just too huge.

We took pictures for Grandma and Grandpa and for Dada, respectively, at the WWII memorial.

Maybe the cutest picture ever of all time:

This carousel was not cheap, so when Anda asked to ride it again, I told her it was a "just one" time thing. Now if you mention her riding the horsey, she will very emphatically hold up a finger and tell you, "it's just one."

I thought she'd be more interested in the Natural History Museum, but was definitely okay when she wasn't.

We were all pooped.