the zoo

erica was on spring break

and it was my day off for the week

so she and her boys, 

plus me and pj

plus my mom and aunt di were down for the adventure.

this was our first trip to the zoo this year.

parker went once last year

but had no clue what was going on.

this time included LOTS of pointing

and waving.

at people and animals and even the trees.

 the elephants came really close.

 and even sucked up water

and spit it back out of his trunk.

 we went in to the butterfly house

while nana fed hayes a bottle.

 

i let parker out of his stroller for a bit

which meant crawling over the bench of course.

 and here's my attempt at a cute cousin pic....

and then we went over to the penguin house.

but didn't go inside bc there was a line

and we don't do lines.

 

they were out and about swimming

and jumping in and out of the water.

and the black bears were showing off like crazy too!

 erica and reid rode the carousel.

i got motion sick just watching

so unless daddy is along, 

pj gets the shaft and has to sit and watch.

sorry dude, but

you're on your own at six flags.

and then i took some pics of this random lady's hair

bc my mom liked her haircut 

so i played paparazzi while the lady snapped pics of her own kids.

 and i tried again to get a cute photo

of the boys by the flowers.

ya, not so much.

they chose to dig their fingernails in the dirt instead.

and lastly we had a picnic by our car

we all decided if parker could talk

he'd go home and tell his dad that was his favorite part of the day.

crawling around on the blankets

with his shoes off.

we got home and pj slept for 3 hrs straight.

i'd call that a successful day!

carpe diem

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