The Zoo

This week, you two have been on Spring Break at OP. I felt so guilty taking you both to daycare every morning and only a couple of kids were there. Am I the only working mom or does all the other kids moms take off the week of Spring Break? Well, I decided to take Thursday/today off so that we could spend the day together. I spent Wednesday night online, researching outdoor activities for us to do since today was forecasted to be GORGEOUS. We started the day off much later than normal. You guys didn't wake up until 8:30 (WOO HOO), which means I didn't wake up until 8:30. I think that is the latest I have slept in a LONG time and boy was it refreshing. I still wasn't sure what we were going to do but decided to head towards Columbia. We ended up going to the zoo. We have been there a few times but Ally Brynn wasn't even one the last time we went, so I knew you guys would love it. When we arrived, the parking lot was full! A little man standing in the middle of the road, told me we would have to park on the side of the road and walk to the entrance. That should have been a sign. We parked, got everything we would need without having too much to carry and headed for the entrance. Once we received our tickets and were preceeding in the gate, the ticket collector told Ayden to "Make sure you stay close to your mommy, we have ALOT of people here today." She told me that they already had over 3,000 people at is wasn't even noon. YIKES. We rode the train into the zoo and spent the day gazing at the animals. You both were so interested in every little thing. Ayden, you took a horseback ride on the ponies that were in the farm area. They took you around a trail through the woods and you were sooo cute. Ally Brynn NO LIKE ponies. We went into the bird house and bought some nectar to feed some birds. We went into the caged area and Ayden you did not want to feed them. You were a little weary of them. I put one on my finger and you were a little more willing to get closer. Then it bit my finger and you backed away. It was too funny. There were about a dozen of these birds in this caged area and people were feeding them constantly. Before I knew it, one poo'd on my leg. We all got a good chuckle out of that. Ayden, you went around telling all of the other kids that "These birds WILL bite you, one bit my momma and poo poo'd on her leg." Ally Brynn, you really surprised me. You wanted to feed the bird. You held the cup of nectar up and let the bird drink out of it. I wanted to take a picture of you being a big girl sooo bad but I was holding you up to the bird. Ayden, you wanted to make sure we saw all of the characters in one of your favorite movies "Madagascar." The zebra, lion, penguins, hippo, monkeys and giraffs. We covered them all. It was a great day and I enjoyed spending it with you guys tremendously. Tomorrow, we will have more fun together, as we head to the lake to spend the day on the sandbar with Aunt Debbie, Laken and Clay. Here are today's pics.