The Zoo

The neiborhood kiddos waiting for the train

Claire in the parakeet house.  The blue ones were her favorite.

Addison and Claire were the lone girls on this trip.  They rode together on the train ride.

Today Claire and I went with our neighbors to the zoo.  It ended up being a perfect day for it.  We kept going back and forth about whether or not we wanted to chance the drive with so much rain in the forecast, but we sucked it up and it was so nice.  Not only was it half price Wednesday, becasue of the weather it was not crowded at all.  We didn't spend a ton of time at any exhibit, the pace was pretty fast and that was perfect for us.  I really enjoyed spending a little time with the ladies that I live next to.  I hope that we can have more outings in the near future.  All of our kids are getting to be at a good age for hanging out and interacting really well.  

This is such a fun time in mommyhood, Claire is more fun to be around everyday.  I especially enjoyed seeing her interest in all the animals.  She was able to identify every animal we saw.  She is just so darn smart.  We only had one minor tragedy today.  She accidentally dropped her little Belle doll into the tiger pit.  She said "oh no, my Belle, the tigers will bite her".  I put on my best distraction cap and we headed straight for the parakeets which helped ease the loss.  I loved that little Belle doll too, I will have to be on the lookout for another one.