@ the zoo

We forgot we live in Houston and decided to go to the Zoo in August. IT WAS WAY TOO HOT! But we still managed to have fun :) Every time the kids saw an animal statue they would hop on and tell me to take their picture. We skipped out on the petting zoo - I wasn't in the mood for sweaty goats as we had enough sweat of our own. This was the first trip where G and B both walked the entire time. We only took one stroller and E got dibs. They did so great - especially B. He did not ask to be carried until the very end when we were walking to the car. What a trooper! We are already planning a trip in October....or November to beat the heat next time...

They have a dinosaur exhibit at the zoo right now. It costs extra and I am too cheap so we settled for a picture on the dinosaur outside the exhibit. Too bad the kids don't know how to look at the camera...

Sneaking a peak at the ...


Flamingos!



Time for a break! B fell just as we got to the children's zoo and reopened a previous skinned knee. Blood was running all down his leg. I was worried he would never want to walk again. We had some snacks and some much needed water and he forgot all about it by the time we were ready to go again...thank goodness because it was definitely too hot to carry a 2-year-old.

G just looks so grown up to me here. Check out those red cheeks.
I told you it was hot!

She looks a little scared in the picture but she loved getting to drink out of the bottle.

Carousel time. G got the ostrich.

B got the cheetah.

and E got the cougar. It was her first time - she loved it! Don't you like her hat? She has plenty of hats at home but of course we forgot them all so we had to buy her one at the zoo. It is definitely a keeper :)

Look how cute that baby elephant is. sorry about the poo :(

This baby giraffe was pretty cute too.

It is crazy to me that the baby giraffe was taller than us.

And this giraffe was cracking everybody up. He or she, I really don't know was right up at the glass looking at all the people. He stayed this way for a really long time.

It kinds looks like the giraffe was people watching...