Osborne

Today Oliver and I went to Osborne, our County Conservation Board's park to see animals native to our region and enjoy a picnic lunch. I hadn't been to Osborne since I was in middle school and it had changed a lot since then. I remember the Nature Center in the basement being more grand and having more animals in it but all we found were turtles, 2 snakes, and a bluegill for live animals and the rest were stuffed. The highlight of going to Osborne was always seeing Ben the Bear, unfortunately it was Ben's nap time and we only saw his paws sticking out of his little house. Here are pictures of some of the animals. 

A coyote or "yote" Oliver called him

A deer. The deer was right up to the fence. I'm sure we could have touched it but really this is as close to a deer as I'd like to be especially when I see them every morning when I'm driving to work at 4:30am.

 After the doe was visiting us, soon her twin fawns came out as well. The sign said they were males born in May.

 The wolf from a distance.  

 A log house just Oliver's size. He didn't spend much time playing though because he wasn't a big fan of the sand or "dirt" as he called it. 

 The choo choo

 Driving the train

 We sat by the deer and coyote for lunch and Oliver kept calling them all puppies throughout the whole time we were eating. He would get excited seeing the fawns jump.  

 Mmmm "nana" with his crazy hat hair

I had made homemade chicken salad sandwiches before leaving the house this morning and homemade chex mix. It made for a nice picnic. It was a fun morning just Oliver and I. We did have to call Shawn on the way home to rub it in that we were having fun while he was working.