Zoo Scoop

So we did make it to the zoo but my camera kept wonking out on me so I didn't get too many pictures. I think it was just the batteries but I had gotten them fresh from the charger right before we left so I dunno...

Completely by accident I dressed Easton in the exact same outfit he wore last time we went zooing. Although the hat is different. Whoops. Here he is as we're just getting going and discovering the camera problem:

Notice the sunglasses outside the hat? At least he's not wearing socks with sandals.

Usually when we go to the zoo I have the bad habit of going to the right...the elephants (my favorites) are right there so that's just what we usually do. Yesterday, however, we went left. They were remodeling all the big cat stuff so we didn't see much other than a pacing leopard and then we made it to the polar bears:


Next came some river otters swimming around which Easton liked and thought they were like Tasha (the hippo from Backyardigans only because of one episode where she is a swimming mermaid). So...we watched the swimming and moved over to the sea lions which were frolicking in the water as well. They were quite entertaining from above but we went below to watch them swim more. I kept warning Easton when one would swim by but he got annoyed at me and wanted to tell me when they were coming instead. He did quite well, actually. Taking off his "guh gahs" for a better look:

And me and Dizz (his 2nd zoo trip...outside my belly anyway):

I wore a hat instead of sunscreen because I really needed my hair pulled back. Apparently a certain little someone yakked in my hair. I thought it was on my robe but once I got dressed the pukey smell lingered. So...I just moved it further away from my face.

Mom's eye view:

Still sea lion watching (you can see his cheek bruise just to the right of his mouth...his left, our right):

At that point I gave up on the camera and stashed it in my bag and just lived the moments rather than recording them.

The zoo was relatively deserted when we arrived (nice!) and it wasn't too hot out. The zoo was nice and shaded. Ahhhh. Easton and I decided to make it a special day and we shared an ice cream cone before heading onward. For the first time he'd ask me, "What's that called, Mama?" while pointing to something or other. That was fun. Then we passed the carousel and he told me, "Want to ride that, Mama". For just a buck-fifty for all 3 of us (the boys are free) I figured, "What the heck?" and we rode. Easton walked around the outside carefully scoping out each animal to ride on before settling on a leopard ("the orange one"). He had fun. On his way up I'd sometimes ask for a kiss which he thought was quite funny rather than annoying.

After the carousel I asked Easton if he wanted to ride in the stroller again or walk. He chose walk so I put Dalton in the stroller and we headed over to visit the monkeys. Easton remembered his orangutany friend from before. Actually when I asked him if he wanted to go to the zoo he said, "The monkey get you" which really meant "The monkey get me (Easton)". He was cute: I asked what animals he wanted to see and he said, "Zebras...and some birds...and some monkeys". I just thought the "some" parts were amusing.

Since I didn't get many pictures to share here is a video repeat from last May (the 27th) when we went with Jason:

It is quite disturbing...today I got an email saying tamponn has subscribed to my YouTubes. Eek! I don't know any tamponns. I'll have to experiment with the "private" setting now. Why is she subscribing to my stuff?

So the boys both woke up slightly sick today. It's probably the plague. Not really. But all joking aside a monkey at the Denver Zoo was recently found dead of the Bubonic Plague. A bunch of squirrels in that area have been found with it so there were all kinds of signs yesterday saying not to touch or feed the cute bunnies and squirrels that roam about the grounds. Yikes! Not that I would ever touch them...

But Dalton started coughing in the night. Just a little. And Easton is getting stuffy and coughing a little too. Grrr. I think they got sick the day after we went to the zoo last time. Not that it's from the zoo...it's too soon to be zoo germs, right? But just an interesting coincidence.

We just hung around the house this morning...I was a little slow getting started for some reason. Time got away from me because I had both boys dressed and ready to go out when I realized it was time to give Easton his pre-nap yogurt. So we did that instead and we'll go out later. Whoops.

I'm looking forward to the weekend because Jason won't be working like last weekend. We have no plans yet but it's nice to have him around a little more.

I feel like I had more to say but I can't think of it so I'll just go now. Except I changed my slideshow to June of last year. I guess I forgot May. Oops. And I removed J's music video. It had been there awhile. 'Kay that's all. Talk to you all later!