Zoo Day

We went to the zoo on Saturday with the It's My Heart group here in town. It's a group for children with congenital heart defects, and we have a friend who is fairly involved with the group. It was a good chance to spend time with friends and have family outing too. (Also, here are some "after" pictures of the boys' haircuts!)

We spent most of our time in the Kid's Area because for some reason that I have yet to determine, Travis wanted to see the foxes. Not elephants, not bears, not lions, not even giraffes or snakes. Foxes. We found one in the VERY back corner of the kid's area. Thankfully. We also found a few other things along the way.

Here's Travis "after" haircut shot. Justin didn't want to be a baby bird that day.

Justin took a trip down the slide with some help from Daddy. Since he took a tumble down the curvy slide he is a bit hesitant. But with Daddy it's fun!

Did you know you could drive a hippopotomous? Me either.

Travis favorite part of any playground has become the firepole. And he can even reach them and slide down all by himself.

Here's a Justin "after" shot sporting his new do.

There was an area of prairie dogs with tunnels and domes for the kids to "pop up" like the prairie dogs.


Jake and Travis from the back side of the tunnel.

There were boards throughout the kid's area with buttons to push to hear different animal sounds. The kids had quite a reaction to the snake and the cricket. They liked those the best!

Here is Jake and Travis brushing a goat. Isn't it cool that God made an animal that would be just perfect for kids to pet at a zoo? So docile and totally unconcerned about what is being done to it. Just right to amuse a child. This was one of Travis' favorite parts of the day.

This is what you get when you say "Say Cheese!" when a kid is eating. Real cheese.