Wagon Trip to the Zoo

Since Evan and Grace spent the last week or so hanging out with a bunch of other kids, I thought they might be a bit bored spending the whole day with me today.  So, we decided on a spur of the moment trip to the zoo this morning.  As you can tell from Evan's hair, we didn't waste any time getting ready and packed up to go!  This was our first trip to the zoo with the kids in the wagon.  It was great!!!  We were able to see a lot of the zoo since Evan is much happier riding in the wagon than he was in the stroller. 

sea lions were still a favorite

the dingos were very active! we were the only ones in this part of the zoo, so the kids were able to be up front and watch the action from the comfort of the wagon!

if you can't tell from her face, grace was a huge fan of the train!  evan spotted it from the sea lion exhibit, and he kept reminding me to not forget to stop at the train throughout our entire time in the Australian exhibit.  evan "drove" the train, and grace and i were passengers.  he even yelled "all aboard" before grace and i took our seats!  luckily, we were the only ones playing on the train this time around...no elbowing through grade schoolers to find a spot! 

brushing the goats.  e definitely remembered this from our last visit.  as soon as we made it through the farm, he sprinted over to the goats, let himself in, sprinted through the goats to get a brush and proceeded to chase the goats down to brush each one.  grace gave several goats some pats and even attempted to hug one around the neck.  she must not have remembered how the goats kept trying to eat her the last time we visited.

he's only 3, and he's already in the dog house!  when he spied this giant dog house, he immediately climbed in while yelling, "mommy, take my picture".

the kids tree house!  this was an overlook in the Indonesian exhibit that was for kids only...evan was a huge fan of the ramps going into and out of the overlook, and he did a few laps...sprinting because it is extremely hard to walk on anything that resembles a ramp when you are 3.

i have a feeling i will have tons of pictures of evan climbing on the various animal statues throughout the zoo.  he was a big fan and requested to have his picture taken on multiple this trip alone!