Boys Weekend

While Megan and Lucie were dancing the night away at the wedding, Ryan and I took advantage with a boys weekend. Ryan is easy to please and I figured we would spend the day shopping at the hardware store and doing a little yaadwork. But once I told him we were only dropping off mommy and Lucie at the train station, his disappointment was palpable. Fortunately, Megan remembered seeing signs for a petting zoo at the San Juan Capistrano station on a previous trip. A quick search and we found Zoomars which sounded like the perfect destination for us.

It was a great day — combining two of Ryan's favorite things: trains and animals. After a short train ride filled with games and snacks, we said goodbye to Megan and Lucie and hopped off. After finding our way to the zoo, our first stop was the bunny and guinea pig pen. Megan has lingering guinea pig issues left over from a childhood incident, so it was a good thing she wasn't here :>

After that, he rode the small train where there was little competition for the coveted "engine" seat.

Then it was on to the goats and sheep. Ryan (and Lucie for that matter) isn't real comfortable around animals that are bigger than him. But he did like the little goats who came to sit with him in the shade.

To my surprise, Ryan wanted to ride the ponies. Even greater surprise, Ryan picked the biggest "pony", actually a sizable horse named "Chex". Here he is strapped in and enjoying his brief turn as a cowboy.

It took Ryan all of 5 minutes to fall asleep on the train ride home. We spent the rest of the afternoon rehashing our morning and making Ryan's favorite food — macaroni and cheese. We mixed in the corn and chicken that I like and ended up with a meal that is still talked about to this day.