Tuesday, March 30, 2010

"Please don't touch the peepers."

I went to work this morning at 7 am.  Came home at 6:30 pm.  Ryan had had it with the boys.  I'm pretty sure they felt the same about him.   I needed a break.  We needed a break.

After dinner, we went to CAL Ranch.  Thanks for the suggestion, dad.  

We wandered for a few minutes until we finally found what we were looking for:


All they wanted to do was to hold the peepers.  I'll admit:  if there hadn't been another family standing right there and a store employee changing out water, I probably would have sneeked a little finger inside the trough to pet a little peeper...they looked so soft and cuddly!

And seriously, the sign said, and I quote:
"Please don't touch the peepers.  
No refunds or exchanges on purchased peepers."

They also had baby duckies, which were just as cute. 

Then we found these:


Now Tanner and Taylor want a pet.  *sigh*  Thankfully having pets (inside or out) is not allowed in our contract, or I would have loaded up a handful of those peepers and a bunny or two. 

7 comments:

Dawnyel said...

Oh, GOODNESS!!! Those peepers are just DARLING! I think I may be making a trip with the boys to Cal-Ranch. ;)

Alisha said...

What a good idea! I never would have thought of doing that. My boys would love it as well!

Wendy said...

How fun for your little kidlets. Oh my heck, those little animals are so cute!!!!

Rachel said...

What a long day for you!! But what a fun idea! I am going to take my kids there tonight!!

maynardmoments said...

Oh, I just want to hold one right now. Those things are adorable! Hopefully you all got the break you needed.

Stephanie Crandall said...

I ♥ our Dad! He is so wonderful! I also ♥ you and your boys! Hmm! I love baby animals... then they all grow up~ ;)

Kari Jo said...

Peepers are cute until they get a couple months old. My mom hatches chickens every year. Ducks are fun and they stay kind of cute. If they didn't have to stay under a heat lamp to stay warm, I'd take a couple from my mom and come visit so they could hold them.