Zoo animals (no not my kids..)

Mckade and I actually had a whole day off together, so we decided to take advantage of the still warm weather and take the kiddos to the zoo!  Lily did not want to go at first, I think she was afraid the animals could get out of their cages and get her. Once we got there all she cared about was seeing a giraffe. Didn't want anything to do with the monkeys or elephants, "I just really want to see a giraffe mom."

So here she is with her giraffe. After she got to see that she was more excited about the other animals

Jet and Jax had to view the animals from the stroller



Tiger. Can you tell she's a little afraid of it? I don't blame her, they're a lot bigger than you think!



I got volunteered to ride the carousel with Lily. (blah motion sick. I'm a wuss)

Measuring up

We attempted to get the boys out of the stroller and of course they took off running in opposite directions.  McKade went after one, I went after the other, and Lily was left standing bawling in the middle. It's ridiculous, we can"t take them anywhere! They did have fun at the little playground place, but it was definitely exhausting for us chasing them around. Other parents were sitting on the bench relaxing, watching their kids play, and seriously laughing at us trying to keep track of ours. 

Jet

Jax

A few hours at the zoo with these wild animals was definitely enough for us!

Nope, it's not chocolate...

I know I've told some of you about this before. The boys have been awful about eating things off the ground. I almost never take them outside by myself because it's too hard to watch them alone. If I do, they usually end up with a mouthful of dirt, rocks, mulch from the flower beds, and even the occasional potato bug (Jax). Well they were super onery (teething, boo!), and McKade wasn't going to be home from work for another hour. So I decided to take them out back, and this is what happened...

That's Jax with a delicious mouthful of dirt from the sandbox

Jet surprisingly didn't eat any, he's usually the worst when it comes to eating dirt.

It did make them happy and stop the blasted whining and crying, so I guess it was worth the mess ;)

Preschool!

Lily had her first day of preschool today. She was super excited to go too. She totally surprised me and went right in without me and without any tears at all! She is getting so big!

She loves her new backpack! She pointed out to me that it's purple, "like Dora's"