Fun day at the zoo

Wow, two posts in one weekend. The weather was absolutely perfect the weekend so we decided to take full advantage. First things first. Before we got on our adventures Grandma, Uncle John and Uncle Nathan stopped by to pick up Cade, who we had been dog sitting for a week. The kids miss their Uncles who are in college tons!

First they ganged up on John to read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom...

Then Jackson escaped and went to play with Uncle Nathan

But Haley wasn't giving up on Uncle John yet. She told me the other day how she thought Uncle John was "so handsome". I agree!

The kids had a blast with the quick visit and can't wait to go to Grandma's to spend more time with their Uncles and Grandma too!

Today we decided to take the kids to the zoo to enjoy the beautiful weather. One nice advantage to having a membership is we can pop in for a few hours and not have to cram the entire zoo into one day. So today we hit up the Giraffes first just in time for their feeding.
You can't tell from her face but Haley was sooooo excited to feed the giraffes.

Jackson was too holding on to his feeding ticket like a big boy.

First up was Haley feeding the big guy. She is a pro.

Then she went over to feed the baby. It was funny since the big one tried to take the lettuce again. There are a few real baby giraffes too in the exhibit but they aren't big enough for the feedings.

After Haley was done with her 3 pieces it was Jackson's turn. He was cautious but did good.

Here giraffe giraffe.

Jackson wasn't too sure what to think but he kept saying giraffe as we were leaving. I love the new exhibit!

After checking out the chimps, which are always entertaining, we headed over to the playground and petting zoo. Then we popped into the prairie dogs and look at that pretty one I found...

And then there was three. One wasn't so happy...

Looks like Jackson is on Haley's shoulders :)

Silly Haley making faces

After a fun few hours at the zoo we decided to take a paddle boat ride at the lake outside. Haley was ready to go!

Jackson, well, not so much. He hated the life jacket, to say the least. He finally calmed down a little when we were in the boat but he is not a fan of life jackets.

We had a great time on the water. Wouldn't you know the camera battery died so we didn't capture any pictures . Great weekend to go along with the great weather!!!! Have a good week.