Date Day

Last Thursday I cancelled a doctors appointment, asked my Mom to come watch Aiden, and took Riley on a date to the zoo. It was just one of those days where I knew if I didn't do it, it would be a while before we had the opportunity again. We had already gone on a walk to the park and played a little bit, but I really felt like going to the zoo too. So we headed home, packed a lunch, and off we went.

It was half price day (Riley is still free!) and they had the butterfly exhibit. Unfortunately, the only pictures I got were of the butterflies, not any of us.

I think they really liked the color of my shirt because they were landing all over me. I will admit, it was slightly creepy, but really cool at the same time. My shirt was thin so I could feel them walking on me. I wish I could have gotten a picture of this one with it's wings open, it was so beautiful. It was an amazing blue color. They were the biggest butterflies in there.

Riley had a lot of fun in here. I could tell he was a little scared, but not too much. He secretly thought it was cool too!

We saw giraffes, penguins, monkeys, snakes, lions, goats, an anteater - but can you guess Riley's favorite part of the zoo? The old jeep! He starts talking about the jeep before we even get to the zoo. Unfortunately it's pretty popular so we can't stay on it very long and he usually throws a fit when he has to get off. It wasn't too horrible this time so that was good.

(This picture is from last summer)

All in all we had a great day! But I was on my feet from about 10am to 2pm, went home and cleaned my kitchen, made dinner and then went to worship practice from 7pm-8:30pm (where I was on my feet again). I was pretty sore the next day, but it was worth it for a fun day with my boy!