Wow! What a Saturday!

We are exhausted after a busy and fun Saturday!  We left early this morning for Columbia.  We went to the Riverbanks Zoo first.  Jackson was in a grouchy mood when we first got there, but he eventually came around.  We rode the carousel, and he cried for most of it.  We got to see the giraffes up close and even feed one!  Jackson liked being really close, but he was scared at the same time.  I think his favorites were the fish and the penguins.  We spent around 2 hours wandering around; it is a really nice zoo. It was also a beautiful day!

We grabbed some lunch and headed to our train ride in Winnsboro. We rode on a steam engine. It was a nice ride that lasted around an hour.  We stopped unexpectedly for about 10 minutes, and Jackson did not like being stopped. He is really starting to show his personality.  Tim and I kept trying to feed him snacks to keep him occupied.  Of course, he thought it would be funny to spit out his chocolate graham cookies.  That was a nasty mess! Once we started moving again, he was happy.

We headed home after that. As we were driving by Hanna, we saw all of these hot air balloons and realized that the balloon festival was here this weekend.  We ate a quick dinner and headed to the field (about a mile from our house) and watched the balloon glow.  Jackson really liked the balloons as we drove by them, but he was less impressed when we were right in front of them.  I think he was just tired.