The Zoo

Our zoo membership expires at the end of this month, and I'm sad to say that we haven't taken advantage of it very much this year. I wish I remembered last February when I renewed that having a baby means staying home for two naps a day. That kind of schedule leaves a pretty short window of time that we can leave the house each day, and a trip to the zoo just doesn't fit in that window.

Well, this week I took a meal to a friend of ours who just had a baby, and they happened to live right near the zoo. So after we dropped off the meal, we headed over to zoo. To heck with Hannah's nap! (Ok, really, Hannah has been refusing to nap lately, so I figured going to the zoo was worth sacrificing the chance of her taking a morning nap.)

We ended up having a great time. It's funny because as I was walking around the zoo, it felt like just yesterday that Andy and I were there in December 2005 before we had any kids. I ended up getting pregnant the next month, and here I am four years later taking my two kids to the zoo. Cool!

Hannah Banana did a great job at the zoo despite her lack of a nap. I was surprised by how interested she was in the animals. Even in the exhibits where the animals weren't as easy to see, she always seemed to be looking in the right direction.

The snake area was really cool, and Joey wanted me to point out all of the poisonous snakes. He wasn't interested in a snake unless it had the ability to kill someone. What a boy!

At the end of our time there I told Joey that I had a surprise for him. I found out that since we are members we can go on the "Skyfari" tram for free. Joey was so excited! When we first got on, he immediately looked for a seatbelt to buckle. When he realized there wasn't one, he was a little nervous.


Then he absolutely LOVED it!


Hannah loved it too and got all smiley and giggly when we first took off.

So how did Hannah do without her morning nap? Well, we got home at about 1:30, and Hannah was in her crib until I finally woke her up at 7:00 that night. I guess her big day combined with refusing all those naps finally caught up with her.