Fall Break Mission One: Zoo

Last week was a jam packed week of adventures on fall break and we had so much fun! Getting back in the swing of school and work has been hard! 

I let the kiddos choose a special thing that they wanted to do, Kellen's day was, you guessed it, the zoo! 

That kid has been talking about the zoo, since our visit last month. Maybe it has something to do with his obsession with the the show the Lion Guard??? He is always running around the house pretending that he is saving animals and protecting them from the hyenas in the pride lands. The other day he destroyed the couch to make his den in pride rock. You can't make this stuff up people!

On Monday it was a glorious day, super warm, we didn't even keep our jackets on for most of the morning! All of the creatures were out and I think we caught almost every show that there was to see! Yay!

We got to feed the giraffes!

Kellen loved the alligator, this was the only picture that he would actually smile for! Do you see the creepy gator lurking in the water??

Waiting for the elephant show! He was SO excited about this one!

Still waiting, that smile is fading a little...

and finally... the show! Yay! The only disappointment was that Groucho would not be tricked into swimming that morning, but it was a good show nonetheless!

He was very serious about driving the pretend car too. He said, "I can't take a picture now, mom, I am trying to drive this thing!"

Taking zoo pictures with kids is always a little tricky, they will not be distracted by your constant need to document them, while there are cool animals to look at!

Fall break mission one was a success. We ended up spending 6 hours, 6 long hours at the zoo! But we saw it all let me tell you, with no where to be and no one rushing us or being cranky, the zoo was quite the amazing trip and I left with 2 very happy and very tired little nuggets!