The title of this post is the title of one of Nolan's favorite songs which is sung by one of Nolan's favorite artists- Raffi! And it was the inspiration for our Mother's Day plans. From the second he heard the song he was constantly asking me to take him to the zoo. So we set the date for Mother's Day. We were all set to go, but due to Heath's double ear infection we couldn't make it. So Nolan had to wait a whole extra week for his promised Mother's Day zoo outing. He did a great job being patient and to him the wait was well worth it!
The zoo to Nolan is a little piece of Heaven! Animals in every direction! From the second we got there he was on the run. He didn't even want to sit to eat lunch. He stood by a rope literally about 4 inches from a goose and ate his Subway sandwich. It freaked Mark and I out a bit to have him so close to such an unpredictable and poopy animal! But he loved it! A chipmunk even came right up to his feet to nibble the crumbs from his food.
And after we ate he ran through the zoo, shouting the name of every animal he saw, singing Veggie Tales, saying "knock, knock who's there?" at every door and "come on guys, follow me" or "you can't catch me" as he went. He was hilarious and was making all the people around him laugh at his comments. When looking at some rare bird he said, "Look Dad, a heron". And when he saw an alligator he started singing- "A-L-L-I, A-L-L-I, G-A-T-O-R, G-A-T-O-R, Alligator, Alligator, Eat 'em up, Eat 'em up". (Just a little cheer mommy taught him from her good ol' St. Peter days!)
Here are some pics from Nolan's BEST DAY EVER!
Pointing out the giraffes
Daddy with his big bubba! It was a beautiful day and very warm- Heath got so hot that we, once again, had to strip him down to just a onesie! Wearing as little as possible makes this boy happy!
Checking out the polar bear lounging on the rock
I love his sweet little profile!
Can you see the jaguar on the rock?
My cute boys!
His first ride on the carousel. He chose to ride on the tiger but he wasn't so sure of it at first. He had a few looks of terror but by the end he didn't think it was half bad! It did go pretty high!
Heath has the biggest smile! Love it!
And not even 5 minutes into our drive home...this was Nolan! Exhausted from his BIG day!
2 comments:
When did you go?! We were just there yesterday...crazy if we were there at the same time...
You need to get a yearly pass!
It looks warmer than when we went in December!
Love, Momela
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