zoo trip...

it has been a very busy week! i'm going to try to update my blog with lots of posts today! we'll see how that goes!


i dared to go to the zoo with all 3 of my kids and my little babysitting girl! luckily, one of those is EXCELLENT when out in public. (hint: it's none of my kids). grandpa and natalie met us there for most of the time (thank goodness), otherwise i wouldn't have made it. jack snuck off at one point, he's so freakin' quick. blink and you miss him. luckily, there was a zookeeper walking a turtle, and i think that's what stopped him. i've never been so paniced over him in all my life!!!
this was one of jordyn's first official visits to the zoo. the other times i've brought her, she couldn't walk yet. i will still never figure out why i continue to bring that darn double stroller that NOBODY rides in.

here are some pics from our day:

this is us visiting the penguins (the end of our trip)


here we are on the train. this is jordyn's 1st visit on the train (at least that she's old enough to climb all over and YELL about)



here we are inside the children's zoo exhibit


this was just outside the children's zoo playground. for some reason there was a turkey hiding right by the river otter viewing window.


this is the children's zoo playground. jordyn loved the sand. jack, well...he loved to run away from here.


these are the goats that you can pet and brush. jordyn had NO FEAR of them. she walked right up to each and every one in her path. it was great!! jack and jacob would only go up to their behinds. then they decided that climbing on the wall would be more fun. that's when it was time to leave this exhibit.


this is where we started outside. jacob actually tried to lean in and get money out of the fountain. he's SO money hungry (aren't we all?).


this was actually where we started our visit. the amphibian exhibit. jordyn LOVED looking in all the windows. even if she didn't see any little animals, it was neat to climb up on the stair and look in. maybe we should get an aquarium?