A Trip to the Zoo

I got the wild idea yesterday, that since today was suppose to be a gorgeous 75 degree day (before the rest of the week is filled with rain), that we needed to make a trip to our local zoo. Since John couldn't get off work on a Monday morning, I loaded up the boys, along with their wagon, and headed to the north side of our town. Our little zoo is home to some 500 animals representing 170 species - so certainly not huge like the St. Louis Zoo where the boys have been to in the past. Upon arriving, Drew requested we start with the giraffes which was fine by me since they are one of my favorites. I think they ended up being his favorites too since we arrived just in time to feed them some of their special crackers Zach's favorite part (I'm guess since he still doesn't talk real well yet...at least not in a language anyone can understand) was probably a tie between some lizard in the reptile house (forgot to see what the name of it was) that he kept running back to see. He LOVED how it would jump at the window tryig to get him. He laughed and squealed every time. Do to lots of laughing and squealing I would say he also really enjoyed the goats MY favorite part was having our wonderful wagon with us

I have NO idea what I would have done without it. Thank you Mom & Dad for this WONDERFUL present you got the boys last year!! Every time Zach (who is 20 months old now) was out of it, he was running one direction while Drew (4.5 years old) was headed in the opposite direction. All in all I think they had a pretty fun morning. In fact, Drew was just looking at the map of the zoo, "So I can plan what I want to see first next time!"

I must share my VERY favorite part of our day so far though! After we got back home and had finished lunch, the boys and I were sharing a chocolate frosty from Wendy's restaurant when Zach looked at me and says "poo-poo" and I asked if need to go. He nodded his head and ran off to the bathroom and SURE ENOUGH he actually went! This is a HUGE thing since he is 20 months old and we have never really done a much potty training with him yet (other than set his little potty out in the bathroom)...especially since Drew didn't potty train until he was 3.5 yrs. Needless to say I was COMPLETELY floored that he did that! I'm not expecting this to happen much at all right now, but I am very excited that he is showing interest all on his own. :) WAY TO GO ZACH!!! It was so cute when he was done, Drew & I were cheering for him and Zach was laughing and clapping. :) He was VERY proud of himself!

On a sad note for the day...When we got home from the zoo, Drew's other fish had died. So it was another flushing cermony at our house. I think this death was a little harder on him than the first since he kept arguing with me that the fish wasn't dead. Poor kiddo.