Brookfield Zoo!

Saturday we had a great family trip to the zoo with Josh's mom and her husband Todd, Josh's brother, Joey, his wife Angie and their son Joe-Joe who is 3 months older than Sarah. It was so much fun!! We got there right when they opened at 9:30am and right away it rained, well more like poured. We were so bummed cause we thought it would ruin the whole day. After we hid under some trees and gave the kids a snack the rain let up a little so we could sneak inside to see the fish. Sarah was so afraid of the aquarium. We don't really understand why she was so scared but she was holding onto our shirts for dear life and shook her head "no". Joe-Joe was also afraid of it. I think it's because it was so different than anything they have ever been exposed to. So when we left and went back outside the sun was shinning the rain was gone and it was perfect the rest of the day. Later we went to see the dolphins and Sarah was no longer afraid of the aquarium part.

The kids were so well behaved and they LOVED all the animals! I was surprised they were so well behaved since we left the house so early and we didn't leave the zoo till 5pm. I was so proud of them.

Sarah's favorite animal was the polar bears. They were so fun to watch. They played with balls and swam in the pool. I think Sarah wanted to get in there and play with them. It was so funny to watch her face light up when she saw the animals and point at EVERY animal. She kept trying to talk to them and at times she was in deep conversation with them. It was so CUTE!!! We walked around the whole zoo and saw most of the animals. Sarah slept through the monkeys and elephants but she saw the rest of them. But I think the best part of Sarah's day was playing with her cousin Joe-Joe. She loves him so much and is so interested in him. She's always getting into his face and tries to make him smile. She is such a sweetheart. Sarah has learned how to kiss so she tries to kiss everyone and everything! The picture of Sarah and Joe-Joe Eskimo kissing is my favorite picture ever! Sarah of course initiated it and Joe-Joe just let her do what ever she wanted to him. I think we are going to have our hands full when she gets older. :)

Overall, it was a perfect day! I hope we can make this a summer tradition. It finally feels like summer vacation now that we have gone somewhere fun.