Zoo trip!

Saturday we decided to go the the zoo! The kids have been asking and asking and we finally decided to just go!  We ended up in traffic on 70 pretty much at a stand still for an hour and a half. We left at 8:30am and finally arrived at the zoo at 2pm.  What a time.  We thought Jacob was going to pee his pants so we found a cup and let him out of his car seat...he just couldn't do it though! We finally got through the accident and went on to Chick-fil-a for lunch and it had a play place which was great for the kids. Then back in the car for an hour to the zoo. It actually worked out perfect because they were able to get a nap in so the time at the zoo was peaceful-not too many tantrums or bad attitudes!

Megan and I in front of the elephant!

Emily is the best baby ever (sorry Megan and Jacob!). She stayed awake the whole trip to stl and was happy-travel time of over 5 hours! She hung out in the stroller and wasn't demanding to be pushed around, she was content to just look at the commotion around her. I can't say enough about how wonderful she was!

There are a ton of elephant pictures because the elephants were awesome! The mom, dad, and baby were all right there playing in the water right in front of us!

All 3 cuties!

Mom and dad chillin'

Another picture of all three together!

Hippos!

Emily and Michael enjoying the penguins!

The kids out of their carseats playing in their "secret hideout" on the floorboard while we sit in the hot car in traffic! I love how they made the best of it though!

Megan enjoying her snack on top of a huge rock!

Megan next to the big spider! She absolutely loved the insect house.  It was a great thing for her since she's so into bugs right now! She loved it!

Dark picture but Megan on my shoulders while we watched the family monkey drama! Mammas and babies were clearly not seeing eye to eye, it was hilarious because we made up the words for them based on their actions!

Another fun bug picture to look at, Jacob's reflection is in there as well!

Enjoying the butterfly garden!

More elephant pics!

We were able to see the penguins being fed which was fun!

The best part of the day for Megan was the very end. We decided to eat dinner at the zoo (we usually don't because it is way overpriced!). While eating she shared part of her hot dog bun with the ducks and then the one animal she wanted to see more than any other just walked right up by our table. The peacock went by at least 3 times and she loved feeding it bits of her bread! She was mesmerized!

More elephant cuteness!

The beautiful peacock!

Megan totally crashed on the way home sleepy sweetly on her newly purchased peacock stuffed animal!  Emily was the hold out on the way home. She was happy to pinch, kick, throw things, etc at both kids to try and keep them awake! It was the ultimate little sister thing to do, and she would just giggle and giggle! It was great!

Jacob asleep clutching his new helicopter and gorilla! What a fun day, totally worth it!