Well, as most of you know, this past weekend was Thanksgiving in Canada...
Mr. Incredible had to work on Saturday but only half the day on Sunday and was taking Monday off.
So I, being the primary -- whose kidding who -- the only activity planner in the household, made arrangements to go with the family to a Donkey Sanctuary on Sunday afternoon.
I figured, "Hey, this is right up our alley...we love animals and the outdoors...", and I was right.
We piled into the car for a nice country drive - the kids got to enjoy many wonderful sightings on our way there; hawks flying, people peeing behind their cars, you know - the usual...
When we got there, we listened to a woman talk about the donkeys and how they have been taken in - some good scenarios and some bad, how they are cared for, their daily routine, rules about how to approach them, etc. We then had an opportunity to grab a brush and proceed with making friends with the donkeys while we brushed them. Well, Ketchup & French Fry thought this was the best thing ever and took off running at the donkeys...despite being warned not too. Luckily, Ketchup reigned in just in time.
Eldest (aka French Fry) quickly befriended a jack (the term used for a male donkey) named "Franco" while Ketchup made friends with a jenny (the term for...well, you should be able to figure that out by deduction...) named "Uma" and claimed them as their "horses....I'm mean donkeys". By the end of the day they were still calling them horses - in all fairness, some of them were quite large - and a great time was had by all.
The kids insisted that we roll down the windows as we drove away so that they could yell goodbye to their horses....I mean....donkeys.
We highly recommend a visit. Just remember to say hi to Franco and Uma from us, okay?
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