We went to the ZOO!

We took advantage of the nice weather during spring break and went to the zoo.

Ethan really wanted to go and I was going to be brave and go out on my own with all 3 kids, but then my friend invited me to go with her and her family! Phew! It was very helpful to have 6 other adults, especially in the crowded areas!

We had a blast and enjoyed (almost) every minute of it. The kids were very well behaved and Emma really only complained when I told we were not going on the merry-go-round and when she pooped in her diaper and we had to wait until we got to a bathroom to change her.

We got lots of pictures, mostly the normal ones, ones where we had to wait in line to get, like this one

Ethan in the lion drinking fountain.

He didn't fit as well as Emma
All of us by the big gorilla

We took a short break for the babies to eat and the big kids to have a drink break

Jackson slept most of the time.

He woke up when he wanted to eat then he was back to sleep,

He was pretty happy the whole time!

The big elephant was a hit, even when it wasn't spraying water.

The big cats were pretty cool too. We saw 3 tigers, one walked over our heads on the bridge between the two tiger habitats.

Emma didn't want to see the giraffes, I thknk because they smell. But we stopped to see the ones outside the giraffe house. One came up as close as it could get. Had one of us had really skinny arms, we could have reached out and touched it's tongue!

Ethan wanted to see the elephants, check, Emma wanted to see the zebras, no check there, they aren't there anymore :( I just wanted to get out of the house and do something fun over spring break, double check.

Today we had a picnic on the family room floor and watched Phineas and Ferb, per Ethan's request. Now I have 3 more days and need to try to find more fun stuff to do...wish me luck!