Zoo Trip

It was unseasonably warm here this past weekend and we took advantage with a trip to the zoo yesterday.  Travis's brother and his family met us there and we enjoyed every drop of sunshine we could.

Sam was very excited to go; which he expressed by repeatedly telling Travis, Alex, and I that we were going to see the animals.  A fact all of us were aware of before Sam got stuck on repeat.  I wish I would have had the quickness to get a picture of the look on Alex's face after Sam told him for the zillionth time we were going to see the animals.  It was a mixture of trying to be a good big brother feigning excitement and pure confusion of how this small child couldn't seem to remember he had just uttered that phrase mere seconds ago.  "Alex.  Alex.  ALEX!  We going to see da animals.  We going to see da animals Alex.  Alex.  We going to see da animals."  And as soon as Alex would acknowledge him, Sam would switch his laser beam of obvious statements to either Travis or me.  It was quite a car ride.

Anyway, both boys love the zoo.  Alex definitely liked it more for the plethora of Pokemon to catch, but Sam was more into the animals.  He was particularly taken by the giraffes.  They were inside the giraffe house, so we were closer to them than if they were outside.  As soon as he saw one, he let out a loud, gruff, "That's a BIG one!"  We stood in there watching the two giraffes for at least ten minutes and Sam just kept saying, "He's so pretty!"  He loved them.

The only thing I think he loved more than the giraffes was the caterpillar his aunt found.  Who needs a zoo full of exotic animals when one of your awesome aunts is holding a fuzzy caterpillar??