butterflies and a carousel

Today we took our first trip to Como Zoo with the girls. They had a fabulous time riding around in their Radio Flyer looking at all the animals, birds and fishes. We went into the butterfly house with them and they enjoyed that very much since it gave them a chance to get out on their own and walk around a bit. Sophia really liked pointing out the butterflies while Anna had trouble keeping her hands off the plants and flowers. The highlight for each I would say was checking out the lily's in the pond. Sophia wanted to climb in and Anna got absolutely soaked from splashing in the water. To round things out we took them on their first carousel ride. The carousel made it's debut at the Minnesota State Fair way back in 1914 making it as old as the girls Great Grandpa Benson. It was rather exciting for Anna who was right on the edge of having a melt down just before things got underway. Sophia on the other hand was fairly calm until the ride got started. Needless to say she not much for Carousels, at least not yet.