ystad djurpark

becoming a bit of a tradition.  we head to ystad once a year to gawk at the animals!  the girls love petting the goats.

  and there were even pony rides this year!  both girls had a turn and thought it was super fun, (four thumbs up!).

 glitter even got in on the action.  here they are all hanging out at a lookout station checking out the monkeys.

 then there is the playground.  i have to say it is a great place for kids,  though it was way too cold to head to the swimming pool this year.  i even think they are closing the park in just a few days for the season, so we barely made it this year. 

 stopped by farmor and farfar´s on the way home for dinner and glitter got her first bone!  she is growing so fast!

seriously? more from the camping trip...

after spending the night in a massive thunder and lightning storm with massive downpours, we learned our tent is quite watertight, nice.  but we awoke to fairly dryer conditions and after breakfast packed up and headed to ystad's animal park.  they even allowed dogs, so bonita was able to come along.  one of the first things we saw were zebras.  seemed very odd to see zebras in sweden.

then there were barns with animals from closer to home,  and even a big hay hopping area,  zoe had a blast.  she is a little daredevil that kid.

even bonita was interested in the wild life.  here she is having a staring contest with a meerkat.

eijla kept trying to share her crackers with the cute little tamarins.  but neither of them seemed to understand it was bit hard to do with the window in the way.

we had bit of fun in the goat petting area...

then after a visiting the baby pigs that were only a few days old and having a picnic lunch, eijla was wiped!

thomas and zoe found the energy to even go up and check out the swimming pool. we were the only ones there...

cause face it, it was way too cold to be swimming.  but you know those crazy thorens!

then we managed to squeeze everything, including zoe, back into the car for the drive home. 

it was a great, albeit, short trip this year, but it was fun to discover things so close to home that you usually just skip over.  looking forward to another great camping trip next year.

skåne´s animal park (djurpark)

so maya and monica convinced zoe and i that it was a good idea to make a trip to skåne´s djurpark with them. not knowing any better we agreed, little did we know how much fun and adventure was in store. we all climbed into monica and tom´s eco friendly (little) car and drove out to the park, the company alone in the car was worth the trip. upon arrival, we hired a wagon to haul the girls around in, and started off.
great fun was had, there were horses and cows, and we even saw a little bit of the feeding of the seals over everyone´s heads. was a little bit of exercise pulling the girls down from fences and chasing after them, but all in all they were pretty good. and they certainly are good friends, i love this pic i snapped at them looking at the ducks.
they even got to take rides on ponies, thought they were so cute in their little riding helmets. zoe is certainly a big fan of animals, but i fear her joy of riding horses might put a big dent in our pocket book in the future.
riding the wooden mooses was a big hit as everyone took turns.
monica even hitched a ride on one with maya!
then the two little monster/angels decided to see how they measured up to the big birds, i think they may have been close to a parakeet or something.
we ended the adventure with ice cream for the girls. all in all it was a really fun trip and we are very glad monica and maya let us tag along.