We went to another state park thing and checked it out a little more. We walked around for a bit taking pictures. The kids loved seeing the peacocks and trying to chase them. There was even one all white peacock there. Hadley called them "Peepocks." After a little, we were getting ready to go eat lunch when the groundskeeper lady yelled out, "Would you like to help me feed the peacocks?"
I looked at the kids and my parents and said, "Sure."
We followed her over to her truck and she proceeded to pour tons of cat kibble into a plastic grocery bag. I figured she was just going to give a little bit, but she wasn't kidding when she said help because that bag was full of kibble. She also gave us a green kickball that was found on the grounds. I was excited about that one :0)
She told us that you just need to go sit in the shade and be real quiet and the peacocks will come over and eat the kibble out of our hands. It was a lot of fun. The kids were quiet for the most part, but every once and a while, they would move suddenly in excitement and they would move away. Hayden didn't like them eating out of his hand so he started just throwing the kibble in their general direction. It was real crazy how fine they were with us being right next to them.
It took us a long time to get through the kibble. We asked some nearby kids to join in and help to make it go faster. There was also a mommy with some baby peacocks nearby. We needed to leave her alone since she had already lost some of her babies.
After a little longer, one of the other kids found a feather that had fallen off of one and Hadley began to get excited. She started chasing the peacocks and yelling at them for a feather. For fear of damage to the peacocks and for their own safety, I called her over and we walked over by a pond to eat lunch.
It was a nice breezy day out and I believe the kids thought it was a great adventure outdoors.
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