Big guy expressing himself
Extreme joy in shark tunnel!
Calmly feeding the turtle statue some mulch
Hubs and big guy touching some jellyfish!
This past weekend, big guy was in surprisingly good spirits, considering that for the three previous days- he was screaming and crying at me every time he was awake! We decided to go to the zoo on saturday afternoon- the weather was nice and it wasn't too hot. It turned out to be a really great visit. Every animal that we wanted to see was out and about. We saw all the monkeys we wanted. Including a cute newborn gibbon- so tiny! And we saw another gibbon showing off his swinging and climbing skills. wow- they can move so fast. And when we were standing next to the tiger window- the tiger walked right by us!
We then realized we needed to get some food in big guy and after wrestling him into his stroller- he calmly rode in the stroller for a half hour eating cut up hot dog while we saw the animals from Africa and the bears. it was great! Now I know why parents give their kids hot dogs. It's a guarantee that they will eat them. Hmmm, all the tricks I am learning.
Sunday we were going to Uncle E and Aunt K's house to meet with some relatives from florida. So, we stopped off at the Aquarium on our way there in the morning. It was raining like crazy! Luckily, hubs had thought to bring an umbrella. After doing a minor freak out about the price, we were one of the first families there (we got there right when it opened). We immediately went to the farthest area first and checked out all the freaky fish. Big guy got to touch a jellyfish- which he really enjoyed. He then wanted to pick it up, which was a no-no, as the docent told us! He also got to pet a sleeping shark, pretty cool! I made hubs touch a sea cucumber- ew! Big guy wasn't completely in good spirits or that interested in looking at the fish.
I really thought he was going to love it b/c he loves our fish at home. Oh well! What he loved the most was the shark tunnel! Looking at the shark belly's as they went by and basically running through the tunnel like a wild man. And he also liked the turtle statue outside with the seals/penguins. Maybe we'll try again next year! Overall, he seems to have gotten over his grouchy-ness from the end of last week. For this I am very grateful, b/c it was getting old fast. Look out- hubs is going to guest post about our past 48 hours soon :)
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