Peanut Butter and Jimmy Jam: Going to the Zoo Zoo Zoo

James made his first trip to the zoo this week. We were just hanging out when one of my coworkers called to invite us. She called at 9:15 to say she was meeting two of my other coworkers at the zoo at 10:00 and she was sorry for the short notice. I told her it was no problem and that we could definitely make it by 10:00-I lied! I totally forgot how much time it takes to get anywhere these days. I changed my clothes, took James out of his pajamas, fed James, packed the diaper bag, forced Foxy outside, let Foxy back in, gave Foxy a peanut butter bone (she gets sad when we leave), put sunscreen on James, sat on the tube of sunscreen while it was open, changed my shorts, went to Target ($58 for an umbrella stroller??? I don't think so!), went to Wal-Mart, assembled an umbrella stroller in the Wal-Mart parking lot, missed my exit and went all the way to Bevington on the interstate, and finally pulled into the zoo at 10:50.

Once we got to the zoo it was a very fun day. The last time I was at the zoo was with Maria and Christina when they were little and the time before that was with a big group of middle schoolers. Maria and Christina were just a little too young to enjoy the zoo when we went, and the middle schoolers were not impressed because middle schoolers are too cool to be impressed with anything. This time our little group included a 5th grader, 1st grader, five year old, three year old, one year old, and little Jimmy Jam. The kids were really excited about the animals, and since it was a cool day the animals were really active and fun to watch. James slept through most of the zoo, but he did wake up at lunch time (he never misses an opportunity to eat-he definitely takes after his mother!).