As I stumbled through my kitchen, searching for the coffee pot, I noticed that it was going to be a pretty darn gorgeous day! I picked up the phone, and called my friend Elizabeth, who watches my neighbor’s daughters, and said, “Hey! Let’s go to the zoo!!” We were off! (well, after our brief stop at Starbucks for much needed cups of coffee…)
Eloise and Josh had a blast. It was great because Elo is 6 months older than Josh, so she really showed him the cool stuff… We saw reindeer, flamingos, giraffes, monkeys, birdies, penguins, lions (OMG I was totally freaking out how close they were to us – it was AWESOME). Then the girls had to go… we went shopping for a bit, ate a Zoo Happy Meal for $11.00, and then I thought, “I don’t think we’ve seen enough yet…” We went back in, played on the playground for about 2 minutes. We saw meerkats, amazing owls, more monkeys, and my favorite part, the family zoo, where Josh met some really big “wow-wows” which weren’t actually dogs, but goats. He shrugged and brushed them anyway, and then brushed his own hair with the goat brush, and then brushed the ground too. Then he met more of these strange creatures in the barn. The sheep looked at him incredulously, no doubt completely mesmerized by his cuteness, and entertained by his sheep herding dance. They gathered at the back of the barn, plotting how they might escape. He cleaned up some poo out in the yard (Josh loves to clean!) and finally I had to drag him out of there! I think he had the time of his life. :^) Even Mommy the photographer got suckered into buying completely out of focus photos of Josh and I at the zoo gate… Trying out a new software for slideshows… here’s the day in photos… Slideshow :^)
oh I love the slideshow!!! that josh always a ham!!