Free Zoo Trip

There are some Free Zoo Trips that the boys and I decided to take advantage of. We have never been to the Zoo in the winter but I really enjoyed it. Butterball was our tour guide and this of course was first on his list.Appleseed on the other hand hated it. Course every time you asked him if he wanted to see an animal his answer was "NO!" Boy does that sound familiar. :(And of course they thought this was the coolest thing ever and could have cared less that one of the tigers was very close to the fence. Silly boys.Butterball named this giraffe Brownie like their cat. Brownie the cat licks plastic all the time and it was funny to see Brownie the giraffe lick everything. He seriously licked the entire time we were there. Either this thing, or the wall, or the door. It was weird.This ape, monkey, whatever was right up close and the boys liked it. It was kind of gross though as he kept squishing his chin and gunk would come out and he would lick it. He did that over and over. YUCK!We sure had a blast though and I can't wait to go on another free trip again. The funny part was I remembered at the end that we had forgot to take our "in case we get lost photos". And even funnier? I panicked about it. What a dork as at that time we were almost ready to leave.

Zoo, Zoo, and more Zoo, ok only two zoos

My first zoo trip. Our in case we get lost photo. Even with those older kids that we did lose. Shame on them. And we actually did lose Butterbean. I was so scared. And mad that I could lose another kid at this dumb place. It turned out that she was just a ways off watching us and smiling. Here we are looking scared, me crying and yelling her name and my daughter is watching the whole thing smiling! I was furious and stunned that she would do that. She said, "But I could see you." I think she was enjoying it a little too much for my taste.Our little train ride. I know this thing is super short but I still love it. I had such a great time with my sister and her girls. Thank you gals! I had forgot my camera so my sweet sister provided me with the photos. There were more but my computer was not liking loading them.Here is this "in case we get lost photo". Whew! We did not need this one and no one was lost. Yeah! Butterbean covering her ears because Butterball was screaming because he just got stung by a bee on his neck. She can be so mean I swear. She kept saying, "Not standing next to the screaming boy."Butterball holding a sting antiseptic towelette on his neck. Poor thing. He told me, "That bee tied to choke me. He was a mean bee."Appleseed with sympathy pains for his brother.The gorilla was eating a piece of cardboard. It was so funny.Thank you to my sisters and kids for going with us. We also went with a neighbor and her family. Clearly we should have taken their in case we were lost photo because we lost them quite a bit. He he.

Zoo Trip

I am glad I bought the Zoo membership this year. Last year we did not use it much but I think we will use it more this year. I hope. We decided to go today and it took us forever to get out of the house. Then of course I wanted a salad and was not smart enough to make one from home. I think I really just wanted the dressing from Harmon's. So I went and got a salad and some fruit. Then we went to the library where Butterbean got her first library card. She was so excited. She checked out a ton of books today. Then we went to my husband's office so he could put a valve stem in one of the tires on the stroller. He put it in and blew it up and next we know it had blown up! So I then had to go buy some new tubes for the tires and went back to his office to have him put them in. Nuts! By then it was so late in the day I just gave my kids their sandwiches and I took my salad home and picked myself something I could eat in the car too. So finally we are on our way at 2:30. We had a good time and I didn't lose anyone. Sort of. I did momentarily misplace them at the dumb park. I hate that place! It is too hard to keep track of them both with all those kids around. And Butterbean asked from the very beginning to go there. Told her we had to see some animals first. Butterball hated that I had a one seat stroller so he had to walk a lot. But then he just sat on the end of the stroller to ride. Lazy cutie!

Our pre zoo security photo in case anyone gets lost then I have a picture of what they look like. Actually had to use it last time. Yikes.On the carousel.Appleseed kept trying to lick the pole.This is how Butterball looked to go to the store the other day. Notice the gun sticking out of his boot.The kids trying out their sister's dress-up wig. So funny.