You belong in the zoo

So for my birthday I told Jeff I wanted to take our first trip to the zoo as a family. We decided to go last Saturday. Samuel and Wesley gave me the family membership for my birthday. (Apparently they're loaded.) Our good friends came along with their little boy Josh.

We were supposed to meet there at 12:30 so we left at 12:22. (We just live a stone's throw from the darned place!) An hour and a half later, we finally found a parking spot. Who knew it would be such a zoo! Ha ha! From now on I'm going there on weekdays with the boys!

Here are some highlights from the day...

We got to the petting zoo long after it had closed but the boys were delighted with this goat.

I had myself convinced that the giraffe would be the big hit at the zoo because the boys have two of these on their wall at home...

and clearly they did enjoy the giraffes...

and the chimps were fun too

they are practically relatives after all...

but, alas, the STAIRS were the favorite attraction!

The bench at the top of the stairs came in a close second and they were none too happy about being put back in the stroller.

We took them out again to see the tiger pacing back and forth in his exhibit and Sam & Wes got to stretch their legs as well...

So when it was time to go back in the stroller yet again, Sammy lost it! He was NOT a happy boy! Popcorn to the rescue!

See that little tear under his right eye? Popcorn kept him quite content after that. He's such a daddy's boy!

This is Josh. He was very mild mannered the entire day. He's not quite to that walking/running/on the verge of needing a harness stage of life yet. Doesn't he look angelic? We remember that angelic stage. Sigh!

But we're enjoying this stage an awful lot too!