2013_09_15 Sunday

Elise and I got up and off to the Cabbage Patch Doll Hospital this morning. It took much longer to get there than I had thought; we weren't too far from the boys' camping trip, actually! We had a blast, though, and the boys would have hated it.

This is where the CPK are born: Mother Cabbage!

We walked through a 'museum' and into the store. The first few rooms are CPK at $300! I nearly fainted; they were pretty ugly too. We were there for at least two births. A nurse stands behind the baby heads and helps deliver a new baby (by c-section -- cabbage section, of course) from the cabbage patch with the audience helping to breathe and push...and then naming it. They are all well fertilized, so they all have hair. And, they were planted too close to the corn, so they all have ears -- har har har. That's the gist of the birthing process.

On the way home, we passed a local zoo, so we stopped. It was nothing too special but a nice chance to get back outside. We saw some lions, tigers with cubs, snakes, monkeys, black/grizzly bears, a zedonk, lots of macaw-type birds, emus. They had zebras, a camel, and a few other exotics that seemed to be hiding today.

Elise passed out on the drive home. I was pretty beat too. It was a lot to take in today.

Once we got home, I painted her fingers (purple) and toes (sparkles). So, she has had a terrific day!!!

The boys, on the other hand, came home filthy and happy. They went fishing today, and J caught something. They made s'mores and hotdogs last night. Boys were up until 10pm; dads were hungover today. Overall, sounds like they had fun too.