The Zoo!

This week we took a day trip and enjoyed the Zoo. We weren't very sure how the kids would react to all the animals. We were quickly comferted when we walked up to the monkey exhibit and Sweet Pea shouted "WHOA!" "WHOA!" "WHOA!" over and over again non stop back to back. He had another lady at the exhibit laughing. What a reaction. Ella enjoyed the day in her stroller, being outdoors and seeing the animals. As soon as we started walking around it was if Sweet Pea already knew what was coming up. He started screaming "Elephant!" before we left the first exhibit. It was like he caught on, there are animals here, so there must be an elephant some place. We rushed to the elephants and he enjoyed watching them. He also enjoyed the snake exhibit, while mommy and daddy tried to rush through he had to look at every aquarium and yell " Yucky snake!" - after mommy said that after the first look. He left that exhibit kicking and screaming.

At the end of the park we took Sweet Pea to a play area to run and play...as if he needed to burn some more energy. Sometimes he is more active than his age permits. He climbed a very large play area that ran across the ceiling. A place that would have been a little difficult for mommy and daddy to come to the rescue. Of course he was such a scout and fought through the maze and found his way to the slide after a few intense minutes!

We did cheat and take the train back to the front of the park...mommy and daddy were a little exhausted and Sweet Pea was beyond the need for a nap. At the end of the day Sweet Pea was so desperate for a nap he laid face down on the ground and kicked and screamed. Daddy was in the restroom and mommy just sat on a bench and let him scream....it was after all 3 hours past nap time. I just laughed and relaxed then we decided to take the train. It was such a fun day and Cup cake was so wonderful. Thankfully just one terrible two sleepy fit!