Utah's Hogle Zoo

Last week Shelley and I decided to take the kids to the zoo. We grabbed Abby and had her took her with us too. At first I was thinking we were crazy taking 5 kids to the zoo, with just the 2 of us. It was so much fun though, and the kids were so good. We pulled Landon and Carter in the wagon, and attached their monkey leashes to them so they could get in and out of the wagon and I could still keep track of them. Ethan rode in the umbrella stroller, Livvy walked with Abby (who we also put a little leash on) and it was great!

All the kids loved seeing all the animals, and watching them walk around. They loved looking in the smaller exhibits to see if there was really something in there. Their surprised faces were so cute when they saw the animals. I loved it! They especially loved the giraffes. There was a baby one there, and the mama of it came right up close to us on the second floor of their exhibit. It was sweet! Landon and Carter thought it was hilarious standing in front of the gorilla to see how you measure up. It was so funny watching them holding out their arms.

We took all the kids on the new carousel, which Carter wasn't particularly fond of at first, he cried, but then warmed up towards the end of our ride. The last thing we did was ride the train. I couldn't believe how short it was, but it turned out to be perfect. By the time we got off all the kids were ready to go and so were we. It wasn't until that time that anyone had a melt down. We no more than pulled out of the parking lot and Carter was asleep. He was completely exhausted. Poor Carter! I stopped at Wendy's and got lunch for all of us and just after pulling out of there Landon was asleep too.

I realized through all this, that I should have a little more faith in myself and in my kids. I am always so afraid to take them anywhere for fear of them running off or having fits, and this just proved to me that it's possible.

Thanks Shelley for pushing me to do this with you. We had a great time.

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