Memorial Day at the Zoo 2008

We decided to go to the zoo for Memorial Day very spur of the moment. It could not have been HOTTER today or more humid but we all had a great day despite the heat. Jack and Joe LOVED the animals. They are both big animal fans and both have a repertoire of animal noises. Joe liked the gorillas the best - he was absolutely enamored with them. Jack fell asleep while sitting up in the wagon right in the middle of the zoo trip and Brent had to carry him for about a half an hour until he woke up and rejoined us. We also had the scare of our lives when Jack took off while we were looking for his water cup in our backpack - we literally turned around and he was gone! I grabbed Joe and took off screaming his name and Brent took off in the other direction. We could not find him and we were absolutely panicked. How could he have gotten so far so quickly? Finally, after what seemed like forever I heard a women's voice yelling "here he is!" and I looked around to see a woman holding Jack's hand and he was hysterically laughing. I of course grabbed him and burst into tears. He had no idea what he had done but it just about killed Brent and I. We managed to calm down and finish our zoo trip off but we never let Jack walk more than a foot away from us after that. We learned a valuable lesson today in a very hard way and we are SO thankful that it all turned out okay.

Jack catching a quick power nap Right before Jack's "escape"

Jack fell asleep again in the car coming home from the grocery (right after the zoo). We brought him in and put him at the table to eat dinner b/f bed but he just put his head down and continued to sleep. We changed him into his p.j.'s after this and just put him to bed. What a day!

Joe was not sleepy in the slightest after all the excitement. Quite the contrary, he was recharged and ready to go!