Animal-tastic!

Gosh! It's been too long since I've written on here. So much has been going on. We packed up my baby sister and took her to college the other weekend. I know she's not a baby any more, but she's my baby. She's making me feel old. I was talking to a friend and he started asking me about thinking about my boys going to school (he has two kids about the same age as mine). I told him to slow down, please! I can't even get past the thought of my guys going to 1st grade. I hope I'm not a wreck the day I take Dylan to his first school. I'll be strong for him but then probably cry once he's out of my sight. But thankfully I have a few more years to prepare for that.

This Sunday the whole family went to Zoo Atlanta. I was so excited Saturday. I prepared our lunch, picked out our church and zoo clothes, and was too excited to sleep. I knew that I shouldn't get my hopes up with how Dylan would react, but I still couldn't wait to go. After church, we talked about what we would see. Bart told Dylan we would see giraffes. He surprised us when he said, "Giraffes eat leaves." Coming from a two-year-old, those kind of things just amaze.

The zoo was having a promotion for people to get in free, so you know that the place was jammed packed. We had a good time though there were a few close calls for meltdowns because of hunger and being tired. But all was fixed with a lunch break. My mom, dad and two sisters came with us. Everyone wanted to be there for the boys first time to the zoo.

We didn't get to see all the animals. There were lion cubs on display so the big male lions were off display (no one knows what the male lions would do to them). Got to see the pandas, and even got a panda stamp (which actually caused Dylan to scream at first; that kid's got some quirks about him). The gorillas were the best. They were all out. The younger ones were chasing and playing with each other. They look so human-like that it's crazy.

The highlight of the trip for Dylan was the playground. We didn't come to the zoo to play on the playground! That's all he talked about after we finally tore him away from it. He also got on the carousel and a train! I took him on the train ride and he really enjoyed it but I could tell he was ready to get off. We went to the petting zoo too. He surprised me because he ran right up to the goats and started petting them. I thought he would freak out about it and need some encouragement. Not my boy. He brushed them and had to touch all of them. I did think that there would be more animals to pet than just goats, but for a two-year-old, that was enough.

We spent a long time at the zoo. After we left, we played in the grass on the zoo grounds. We just chased Dylan around laughing and wearing him down. By the time we left and ate a few carrots, the boy was passed out. It took about five minutes in the car and there was nothing but quiet from him. Wish I could do that!