Potty Prize

Caden earned a trip to the zoo from completing his potty chart and we've been waiting for a Friday with good weather to go. I kept thinking that Friday would be a better day to go than Saturday because all the kids would be in school. I was wrong. I think every elementary class in the city was there that day for a field trip. I kept thinking to myself that at least it was good weather. We were excited that my family and Heidi and her kids could come with us too!
We started out at the playground, of course. Caden was very good with the rings. Maybe he'll be a gymnast some day.

There was definitely an evolution with the slide going on. Caden refused to go down any slide because he was too scared. He is very moody. Finally he saw Halle do it so he thought he would give it a try.


He started out small with the little slide...

Then he progressed to the bigger slide...

And then he was finally brave enough to try the huge slide. He didn't want to leave after that.

Then it was off to see the elephants..

Halle was very excited, can't you tell?!


Mason was a very happy baby. He loves to smile!

Kylee was brave enough to ride the Rhino. (Caden, of course, wasn't.)

Here's me and all my sisters by the Rhino.

Caden and Kylee found a bench to rest on.

Halle decided to join them.

Here's us by the giraffes.

I guess Caden likes tigers better than rhinos because he was very excited to get on this one.

I really don't like the building with the small animals and the birds and reptiles because it's so stinky and hot, but that's usually the part that the kids love. I think they like it so much because they can see the animals up close. I decided to suffer through it for them.
Halle really liked the meerkats. Every time they would run by she would scream and say "Kitty!".
It was very cute!


This is Heidi and Mason and Kylee. Since Eric couldn't be there we found the animal that closely resembles him for the picture. j/k

Caden loves the ball fountain. He kept talking about it for the rest of the day. Whenever I would ask him what he liked about the zoo he would say the ball and the cows and pigs. (even though we didn't see any cows and pigs)

Halle was pretty hesitant and first, but she eventually dove in.

And then everyone was tired so our fun day at the zoo had to come to an end.