Oak Mountain Fun, Petting Zoo, But No Ducks!

Lillian has been obsessed with ducks lately. I do not know what it is about them, but she literally cries to see them. So when we made plans to meet the Long/Hays family at Oak Mountain after church this past Sunday, I spent the whole morning talking up the ducks that I just knew we would see around the park. All the way to church I would say, "Lillian after church we are going to see some ducks!". She would get the biggest smile on her face and say, "ducks, ducks, ducks Momma". When I picked her up from nursery after services the first thing she said to me was, "ducks Momma" and of course I reassured her that of course we were going to see ducks. Shaun had to study so after church he went home and we headed to Oak Mountain. We missed him!

Well we got to the park, did a little creative changing in the car from our church clothes, and were ready to have some fun with the family. We were grilling right next to a lake where one would think ducks would be swimming. Lillian took one look at the lake and said, "Oh no, ducks? Oh no, ducks?". Not wanting her to get upset I told her that the ducks were at the petting zoo and we would see them after we ate. The food was great-thanks Travis and Ryan for grilling- and after we cleaned up and walked around we headed for the petting zoo only to find that there were NO ducks there either. I tried to pass a roster off as a duck, but Lillian wasn't buying it. Luckily she was pretty distracted by all the other fun animals there and didn't seem too upset that the ducks were MIA. But of course the second we got in the car to go home she started saying it..."ducks, ducks, ducks".

This Mommy promised her little girl ducks, so even though I was beyond exhausted from a hectic morning and long afternoon I was going to find my baby some ducks. I was not going to be made out to be a liar over some stinking ducks. So we headed to the only place I knew they would for sure be, Star Lake in Hoover. It was so worth it, Lillian's face lit up when I took her out of the car and she saw those silly ducks running. We stayed there for TWO hours chasing them, feeding them, and climbing all over the place. We didn't even get home until almost 5:30 that evening.

Star Lake!

chasing a duck off the dock...

check out this cute shirt that I had made for Lillian when we found out we were pregnant!

she must have gotten hungry because she sat down her and said, "eat Mom, eat".

feeding the ducks

offering to share an M&M with her Mommy

she was dead a sleep two seconds after the car started moving.

but she was happy to see wake-up and see her Daddy had made her dinner.

*please excuse the long post about duck drama, but I tend to ramble these days.