Our last day in Mississippi was Rivers' 4th Birthday. He woke up that morning and got the surprise of his first big boy bike... a spider man bike! Then he and daddy had a special day, just the two of them. They went to what Michael likes to call "Henry Land". It's my uncle Henry's place in Starkville, MS where he has horses, ponds to fish, mules and other fun boy things to ride. So the two of them spent the day fishing, riding through the woods, enjoying the animals and land, and brought us home a bounty of fish for dinner. Rivers' kept saying he didn't want a birthday cake for dinner, instead he wanted watermelon, so what the birthday boy wants, the birthday boy gets!
On our way home the next day we took a detour to continue the celebration of Rivers' birthday. Anyone who know my boy well knows he LOVES (an understatement) animals. We thought it might be a phase a few years ago, but no, he continues his fascination with all things animals. Michael found a drive through safari outside of Huntsville, AL so we went and toured it on our trip back. It was really pretty cool. We got a bucket of animal food and drove through feeding deer, llamas, emus, zebras, oxen, horses, ostriches, goats, sheep, even a buffalo! They walked right up to the car and the kids would throw food out to them. If we let our windows down too much they would even stick their heads in. Rivers was in his element for sure! Then we took some time walking around the petting zoo where we saw tortoises, alligators, lemurs, a giraffe, and some kangaroos.
I can't believe my big boy is 4. I really don't know where the time has gone....
Happy Birthday Buddy! We love you so!
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