The Zoo.
Hit the Zoo today with my mom, dad and all their grandkids- my niece and nephews. it was sort of a last minute thing, but was great. we took off at 9:30, and stayed til 3:30. it was hot, but fun. the kids loved watching the 'big cats' (thats what tyler called the lions) eat massive bones. we actually sow them attack the bones that were tossed into to them. it was pretty exciting. watched the giraffe pee for like 4 minutes straight. Austin timed it! pretty amazing; my dad got a headache from the smell. weird huh! although nasty when they pee, giraffe's bye far are my favorite animal- just so you all know!
watched the sparky show, of course!!! i remember it being way cooler when i was like 10 years old. pretty lame as a 33 year old. had a picnic lunch...which i spent on the phone (sorry family) talking to Doctor Nate. The kids wanted some piggy-back rides...but i gotta say they might be getting to old to host them up on my shoulders and walk around like that. Austin is 9- and heavy!!!! 
Emma, who is 10 and super tall wanted a try and it took everything in me to get her up on my shoulders. it was funny- everyone was laughing at us! We spent almost a 1/2 hour in the butterfly park; a place that you walk through and watch millions of butterflies fly around with high hopes that one will land on you. Tyler had a beautiful orange one land on his hand, but i wasn't quick enough to snap a photo. bummer! 
Than hit up a couple of ride- 'us kids' did the tornado, 
while the adults watched on. But Ty had to ride the train...why are young boys so into trains? he loved it!
it was a great afternoon spent with people i totally am in love with. cant really get enough of those kids, and my parents. But was glad to get home and enjoy some air conditioning. 
Had a evening visitor for a spell...Anna P. showed up just to chill out for while. She just had an itch to come over. i love that. But she left to go eat Pizza with her lovely boyfriend, and i stayed home and whipped up some chicken and rice with steam veggies. yummmm...right?
watched the sparky show, of course!!! i remember it being way cooler when i was like 10 years old. pretty lame as a 33 year old. had a picnic lunch...which i spent on the phone (sorry family) talking to Doctor Nate. The kids wanted some piggy-back rides...but i gotta say they might be getting to old to host them up on my shoulders and walk around like that. Austin is 9- and heavy!!!! Emma, who is 10 and super tall wanted a try and it took everything in me to get her up on my shoulders. it was funny- everyone was laughing at us! We spent almost a 1/2 hour in the butterfly park; a place that you walk through and watch millions of butterflies fly around with high hopes that one will land on you. Tyler had a beautiful orange one land on his hand, but i wasn't quick enough to snap a photo. bummer! Than hit up a couple of ride- 'us kids' did the tornado, while the adults watched on. But Ty had to ride the train...why are young boys so into trains? he loved it! it was a great afternoon spent with people i totally am in love with. cant really get enough of those kids, and my parents. But was glad to get home and enjoy some air conditioning. Had a evening visitor for a spell...Anna P. showed up just to chill out for while. She just had an itch to come over. i love that. But she left to go eat Pizza with her lovely boyfriend, and i stayed home and whipped up some chicken and rice with steam veggies. yummmm...right?
posted by JoAnn Venhuizen @ 5:22 PM
3 Comments:
What fun!! You know Wichita has a great zoo too, and I can think of three kids that would LOVE to ride on your shoulders!
Joannie...
Looks like you had a great time...we should get Holland and Kylie and Audrey together with Emma, Matt, Austin and Tyler and take them all to the zoo sometime, wouldn't that be fun?? They LOVE riding on shoulders, so you would have lots of takers for rides!! :-)
Blessings,
Your Auntie Paulette
hmmm...wonder what caused those headaches!??
~ Jen
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