The Zoo

We went to the zoo today with our playgroup. It was Justin's first trip to the zoo. He did much better than Travis on his first trip to the zoo. Travis slept the entire time and we didn't get any pictures of him at all!

Justin rode in the double stroller, but he quickly tired of that so he convinced Mrs Euphrony to hold him.

And then he moved on to Miss Kelsey.

And then he convinced mommy to abandon the double stroller and just use the snugglie. That was a winner. He waved every limb and shouted gleefully at everyone. It's his way of being safe (with mommy) and free (to move at will) at the same time.

We started with the sea lion show,

and then we visited the giraffes, elephants,

lions,

and a few sundry primates. It apparently was napping day at the zoo, so most of the animals were asleep. Not very exciting, and Travis was ready to move on to the next animal quickly. Then the kids got hungry and after a few attempts at feeding while traveling, we stopped and let the kids run and eat. (Okay, eat and then run.) Justin did fabulously eating his food, given all the distractions. And he is getting better with his cup drinking. He still spills, and since I had to hold him to eat, I looked like I had a potty accident by the time he "finished" his water. But it helped clean off the outline of the sucker on the leg of my shorts (it was 80 degrees today!) from Travis.

On the way out we passed the zebras, and then we left. I asked Travis about the animals he had seen and he was excited to tell me about the elephants and lions, but after that the most exciting thing was the diggers and cement mixers we saw at the entrance before we even entered. Figures.