The Zoo

This was our first official full week of summer. I was a little nervous going into it, wondering about managing work schedules and trying to make sure the kids don't zone out in front of screens for too many hours at a time.

Monday, the kids and I went to the zoo. This may be a weekly thing since we have a membership. As I saw other families with strollers, I was grateful that my kids are big kids now. I don't have to push them around and they usually don't cry in the middle of outings.

Anna and a goat

 I took a picture of Justin and a goat too, but he made me promise not to put it on facebook. Promise kept. I made no such promises about pictures taken the rest of the day and put on the blog...

We happily paid a dollar for a lettuce leaf to feed the giraffe.

Feeding the giraffes is the coolest thing. This one is pretty easygoing, so the keeper let us interact with her. The biggest giraffe is more aggressive and will head butt people if given the opportunity.

She's so pretty.

 Question of the day--do you know why giraffes' tongues are black (or grayish)?

We waited for a woman to vacate an egg so that we could play.

Anna in her egg

A little big for my egg.

For some reason there are several pictures of Justin in his egg. He looks the coolest in this one though.

At the end of our first week of summer, I have to say that doing summer with a car and plenty of activities available in the area is way more fun than doing it without.