Como Zoo!

Last month we met up with Goan at Como Zoo for her birthday.  We hadn't been there since Sis was a baby, so neither of them really remembered it.  We accidentally parked by Como Town, which is where they have all the rides, and if there's one thing to know about these girls, they LOVE rides.

We eventually made it to the animals, but had to finish with a few more rides and accidentally got involved in a foam party.  We skipped naps and ate lunch there, saw lots of monkeys and a seal and ended our day on the carousel just outside the zoo...which Evie made clear to everyone within earshot she did not care to leave.  Sometimes I think 3 yr olds should come with straight jackets, just for emergencies.  ;)

The day was so much fun, Sis screams and all.  Pretty sure all of us slept VERY well that night.  :)

Here are some photos!

- K

The Zoo with Goan!

We've been making the most of every warm weather day we get around here since they're still being sandwiched between freezing cold rainy days. On one of those days recently we skipped naps and headed to the zoo with Goan Goan.  Surprisingly enough, Princess Anna joined us as well.  ;)

I'm pretty sure we happened to be there right before feeding time because we had the entire monkey herd (I don't know the technical term for a group of monkeys) gather below us when "somebody" (Lyla) dropped a goldfish into their pit.  We also had a Lynx attempt to maul both girls, and a fish that thought Lyla's face was pretty appetizing.  It was probably the most entertaining trip to the zoo I've ever been a part of.

The girls had a blast, per the usual, and especially loved that Goan Goan got to come along.  At the end we played in the new playground area.  When it was time to leave, a mom with a baby strapped to her chest was having a hard time gathering her defiant little two year old, so Super Goan came to the rescue and scooped up that two year old and walked him over to his stroller.  (It was like she'd experienced that before or something...)  As she walked away with a child in her arms, both of my children just about started hyperventilating.  Lyla cried with complete bewilderment "Goan is taking care of ANOTHER kid!?!" and Evie just bawled "Gooooaaaannnnn".  I'd barely talked them off the ledge by the time she came back to us.  It's safe to say there are no separation anxiety issues going on around here.  ;)

Here are some photos from the day!

- K

Goan and the girls

My little Mowgli-Princess Anna-Merida-Cinderella

We spied Dad's fave - ring tailed lemurs!

They love taking pictures with me :)

Checking out some turtles.

This was a little bat cave.  When Evie figured out what they were she kept saying "Blah, blah, blah!"  Tell me you've watched Hotel Transylvania a million times like we have??

Eyeing the "chomp chomps"

The hungry fish.  It was hysterical!  As soon as Lyla walked up it pressed it's ugly face to the glass.  When she would do the same it would open it's mouth like this.  So funny.

The hungry lynx.  Thank God for that glass barrier!

The Zoo

One of the things on our summer bucket list was to take the girls to the zoo so we took advantage of the beautiful weather on Sunday and ventured out to see the animals.  The first thing we ran into was a brand new splash pad.  We had no towels, no bathing suits, no change of clothes but neither of them seemed to care.  They ran around like fools and got completely soaked, only stopping for the occasional cotton candy fuel up.

Once we finally dragged them away from the water we actually did see some animals.  Our zoo has a farm in it and that's always been Lyla's favorite part.  We spent a lot of time with the goats - Lyla mostly put them in a head lock, which luckily only resulted in one finger bite.

It was such a fun trip.  Love my crazy little family!

- K

Aaaaand, We're Back

OK, so it's obviously been a while since I've posted anything and we've got a lot to catch up on.  I didn't know where to start so I decided to just go with our trip yesterday to the Como Zoo, since that's really as far back as my memory goes these days.

The Como Zoo is an amazing free zoo that we love.  For some reason the official MN state zoo mostly has things like groundhogs and deer, and other super exciting animals, but the Como Zoo has all the classics like lions and zebras.  Not to mention the fact that being free it tends to also bring out the people zoo, if you know what I mean.  Unfortunately I didn't catch any pictures of that.

Happy Monday!

- K