Memorial Day Weekend - The Zoo and Picnic Lunch

The Saturday of Memorial Day weekend we took the kids to the zoo in the morning, followed by a picnic at the adjoining park. It was a fun day and weekend. Monday we took the kids to a park for a walk down by the river in the afternoon. There was a splash park nearby and after MANY minutes of observing – and prompting from Dad and Mom, Ethan decided to tentatively go stick his hand in some mist and stomp down a few mild bursts of water coming up from the ground. (Kaylin was willing to get her hand and arms wet from the get-go, but not fond of getting her face wet.) After several minutes, they were both crawling/walking around the main area. But both were surprised by the “whale” that misted water up out of the ground. It came down once on Kaylin…. And then once, during a brave moment, Ethan was looking down at the "whale" holes in the ground when the “whale” sprung to life! All in all they both handled it fairly wet, er I mean, well. Ethan getting his face wet was the talk of the next couple of days :) (Sorry, no pics of the splash park outing)


Kaylin and Ethan watching the tigers – probably their favorite exhibit. At one point the tigers were right up by the observing glass and one of them yawned - twice, as Ethan would tell you! Shortly after, Kaylin started "growling". :)


Britt and the kids watching the docile big horn sheep. Can't blame them. At 11 am it was already pretty hot outside.


Dan and the kids observing the Zebra. This was one of the kids' favorite exhibits.



Britt and Kaylin on the way to see the Llamas.


Family picture just before leaving the zoo around noon. We had 2 tired and hungry children!


We went to the adjoining park for a picnic lunch. It was a beautiful day and the big shade trees provided a perfect spot to spread our blanket. The menu consisted of hoagie-style roastbeef and turkey sandwiches with tomato, lettuce, provolone, onion, and vinegar/oil; chips, peaches, kiwi, and green pepper slices. For dessert we had oreos and chips-ahoy. Mmm Mmm! Ethan has decided to eat his oreos by taking them apart and then eating the non-icing half first.


Kaylin excited to have been given TWO cookies!


An after lunch game of "Dad chase Ethan"


Dad caught up with Ethan.... and proceeded to tickle him....to Ethan's delight, of course!