Happy Valentine's Day

For Mother’s Day this year, I wanted to do something outside as a family (and lucky for me, it was sunny and 80).  But while I wanted to be outside, I wanted to go somewhere that the girls could walk out of the stroller and not be in the way or run over. 

After playing around, I found the Lehigh Valley Zoo.  I was a little skeptical.  I’m use to the Philly Zoo.  The Philly zoo is BIG.  Big zoo equals big animals.  But I was pretty sure that the Philly zoo was going to be packed. 

So off to the Lehigh Valley Zoo we go.  It was an hour drive and we left about 20 mins before the girls nap time.  My thought was that they would sleep in the car. 

Hannah had other plans.  What does a 2 ½ talk about for an hour straight in the car, well, let me tell you:

·         Why do I call daddy Kevin and not daddy

·         Why are there balls in the sky (this was looking at the balls up on the electrical wires)

·         Are we going to the flamingo zoo

·         About 3 rounds of Baa Baa Black Sheep

·         About 3 rounds of Money on the Bed

·         Where is Thumbkin

·         I don’t know how to sleep in the car, so I’ll just relax

·         I’ll feed my peaches to the elephants, OK

·         Are there going to be boys at the zoo

·         I’ll feed the hippopotamus, OK

And there was LOTS more.  I gave up trying to keep the notes on my phone. 

The zoo ended up being great for the girls.  Both of them could walk out of the stroller, they saw animals, there was a playground, and we got around the whole zoo in 3 hrs.  It was perfect.  Here are some pictures J
Oh, and when Hannah woke up on Sunday morning, she said “Happy Valentine’s Day Mommy.”  Close enough :)

Take 1

Take 2

Feeding the Birds

Addie stuck in the stroller

Take 3 (after this I gave up getting them both to smile at once)

Sleeping on the ride home :)