A Hot Day for the Zoo

Every year it seems like we wait too long to go to the zoo and then we're stuck going in hot weather.  This year my class and the rest of second grade was going on a field trip to the zoo so I decided it would be a fun time to go.  Luke has also been missing Callie so it was a perfect time for them to get together.  You would think that rain would be an issue when planning an outing in April...instead we contended with high 80's.  Your motherly instincts with a newborn are to keep them bundled up tight with only their little faces showing.  It was weird for me to not have a blanket on Brody and know that he was going to be happy.  

I just love these pictures of Luke and Callie.  They are so goofy in all of them.  Those two were so excited and they had a hard time even looking at the camera.  Luke's highlights were the rhino's poop and the giraffes.  He kept asking to go back and see the big rhino's poops...only a boy!  By the time we got to the tigers and the water misters Luke and Callie were super hot.  They jumped around in those misters for about ten minutes until they were drenched with water.  

It's always beneficial to have the train ride as an incentive for good behavior.  Luke always looks forward to that two minute train ride at the end of our visit.  He is a good listener and stays right by me while we're at the zoo so he can get on that train!  By the time we make it to the train the poor kid is so exhausted and hot.  I love his tired little face in the picture of him waiting for the train to go.

Brody was a perfect passenger the entire day.  He ate right when we got there and then slept the rest of the time in his stroller.  We never heard a peep from him, although he may have been too hot to cry.