Saturday, June 9, 2012

visit to the zoo

This summer we are going to attempt to stay busy with lots of outings and activities...although this plan was already derailed last week with a broken finger for mom, double pink eye for big brother and a cold for little brother...but alas, we DID get to the zoo before this all went down and have the photos to prove it!

We started out a bit apprehensive...staring from afar at a kangaroo...

then we moved to the giraffes!  Richmond zoo is fantastic because they allow you food the giraffes, and my sweet timid son was having nothing of it...this was a close as we could get:) Rolling the food down a ramp rather than actually feeding...
Then, I don't know what came over him but he decided to give it a try!
Then there was no stopping him, he loved feeding the baby goat (much more his speed and size really)

Joshua was a champ, riding in the stroller and loving just looking around:


Last but not least, we took a spin on the carousel..


We ran through the zoo using a animal scavenger hunt, which was a huge hit!  if you live in richmond and want a copy, let me know:)

i love little boys when they hold hands, so sweet and innocent.



We finished up out zoo week with a little giraffe craft at home the next day, and I must confess that my son chose to color his giraffe orange and blue, without any influence from mama, i swear. HE WAS SUPER PROUD OF IT!