Some Ado About the Zoo

Well, I already composed this post once, but I didn't like the way the pictures looked, and everything felt futile today, so I threw my hands in the air and hit delete. Now I'm sure wishing I hadn't, since there's a lot of pic's, and it takes a fair bit for them to upload. And I'd really like to just take a shower and go to bed. But, just so it feels like I finished at least ONE task today, I'm going to plod along (or "blog" along, I suppose, lol!).

Abby's been asking for several weeks if we could please "go to the zoom and see some nanimals". So on Saturday we were up bright and early and out the door on our grand adventure! We really enjoyed the day and being together. On the way home, Bj was kind enough to let me "stop" at Ikea (you really can't just "stop" at Ikea...it's an EVENT to shop there, lol!) and JoAnn fabrics. (Making it even more wonderful to me!)

And so, I give to you, "Our Trip to the Zoo". (Bear with me, I'm tired, ok??)

First pic of the day: Abby cops a very teenaged attitude about the camera and tosses me this forced courtesy smile. I think she senses a long day of "Smile kids! Abby, smile! Say cheese, Abby!" She's got very keen senses--'cause she was right.

Moving along...first stop of the day: monkeys. This little baby was sooo CUTE! He was jumping and running around and climbing all over his mommy! See that bald spot on the back of mommy's head? When I hold Alex, he always grabs a handful of hair right at the back of my neck. I had a hair stylist actually ask me if I'd accidentally cut a chunk of my hair out back there! His little sweaty, sticky fingers are always getting tangled up in my hair and breaking it. So I feel her pain.

Next up: aquariums. This was a little disappointing because the dolphins were in the middle of their show, so we didn't get to see much of them. Alex loved the aquarium with the sharks and sting rays though!

He made this new friend:

He's a like-able guy, eh?

Moving along to the monorail! I thought the kids would get a kick out of the "train ride", but we could have saved our money. They weren't too impressed.

Still, we got an arial view of camels and buffalo!

Next stop: lunch! And treats...

Those sno-cones came in little bags, isn't that weird? What happened to ice crushers and syrupy flavor squirts?

Then we stopped to play on the playground...

Then we took a "wagon ride" (nicest farm wagon I've ever seen) to the "farm" (cleanest farm I've ever seen!). Alex was very suprised to find that "moos" (cows) are quite a bit bigger than he originally thought!

Mooooo!

There was so much we missed...by the time we finished the farm, the kids were wiped, and it was already 2ish. Soo...back to the car we hiked. Alex couldn't make it...

I feel myself running out of words and fading fast...so here's an "Awwww" moment to close this post...

Wishing you lots of piggy snuggles for the rest of this week! Ciao.