Friday we took a fun day and headed up to Atlanta. Anna Grace's mommy is a teacher and since it was spring break, it was a perfect chance to get away with the little ones. Anna Grace, her mommy, daddy, aunt and grandma and the hetzels all made the hour and a half drive and it was worth it!
I'm a horrible mommy and while I was putting sunscreen on CJ, I got it in his eye. :( Bad, bad, bad mommy...
Poor little guy. Can you see how his right eye is puffy? It watered and watered for about 20 minutes.
CJ has been pointing like crazy. Everything is point and grunt. He wants to know what things are. Point. "That's a light switch baby." Point. "Yes baby, Connor is barking." Point. "That's an elephant." With so many new things to look at at the zoo, there was lots of pointing.
Having a fun time! (With a watery eye)
He wasn't very into the parrot aviary. Lots of pointing...but no smiles. I guess that means no birds for pets. I had a bird when I was little, and I hated it. Smelly, loud and mean. This mama wasn't sad when he didn't love the birds.
He started to warm up when we got to the meerkats. They were very active and his eyes darted to try to follow them everywhere.
But the joy came when we got to the safari area. He freaked out. He was pointing everywhere and even said "wow" a few times. I had to tear him away from the exhibit. I think he would have stayed there all day.
Sweet Anna Grace and Stephanie. At the end of the day, I sure wish someone would carry me!
My favorite habitat was the gorillas. It was hard for the kids to see them because they were so far away or there was a big crowd around them. I think when CJ is a little bigger, he will love seeing them hulk around and eat oranges.
Scott's favorite was the komodo dragon. This guy was sleeping on the other side of the exhibit, but when Scott came in he woke up and came straight over to him for a closer look.
He smelled Scott all the way across the exhibit and then walked right up to him and pressed his nose against the glass right in front of him. Crazy...
After all the fun the kiddos were pooped out!
They weren't the only babies napping though...
The zoo was fun, but the best part of the day was The Cheesecake Factory. Oh my goodness...so yummy! A great way to end a great day.
