I'm Going to the Zoo

Last week Seth's class went to the Hogle Zoo for a field trip.  We had a lot of parents come, so I only had one other kid with me.  Since I only had two kids to watch and since Daniel had been up all night long with an avoidable work emergency (avoidable on their part, not his), I took Jane with me. 

Thankfully I paired up with Shelley and her two boys because I needed all of the help I could get to take care of Jane.  She was a total handful.  When she was tired and ready for a nap, I was embarrassed at how loud and crazy she was.  One lady was giving us the evil eye, so I said to her that she'd never guess that my baby was two and needed a nap! 

Jane did not want to hold still for a picture.  She wanted to go and see the "dog".  Carson thought that it was hilarious that she called the gorilla a dog! 

Finally!  She fell asleep!

The new exhibits are wonderful, but the price of the zoo admission is prohibitive to me ($9 for kids and $12.75 for adults).  I will wait for a free day and take the older boys to see the polar bear. 

While we were there we noticed a rainbow.  It stretched straight across the sky and I could see the delineation of each color.  It was amazing!  The rainbow lasted for at least one hour. 

I was glad that Seth wanted Jane to come with him to the zoo.  He sure loves his little sister!  He even loves using her stroller when Jane wasn't in it!