Lions, Tigers and Bears

Today Ted took a day off work and joined us in celebrating this wonderful holiday called Spring Break! Since Paxton is now obsessed with animals and Madigan has finally gotten over her oversensitivity to "stinky smells", we decided to take the kids to the zoo.

"Animals? Let me at 'em!"

We went to the monkeys first. Paxton couldn't get enough. If I started to walk away, he yelled at me and pointed back to the monkeys. Then he would just stare at them like he was analyzing their every move. It was pretty funny.
Madi decided to instead analyze the zoo map. She declared herself our guide for the day.
As you can see, Paxton warmed up pretty quickly. Here he was watching the monkeys and some fish (koi). At the beginning of the video, he's doing his fish face.

And this was when he saw the lions. His quiet "roar" cracks me up!

Madi decided that her favorite animal was the flamingo...because they're pink, of course.
And she said Paxton's favorite was the elephant. Since his verbal skills are still limited, he couldn't tell us if that was true or not.
We also spent some time at the childrens' area where they had cutouts that you could stick your face in for pictures.

Farmer Paxton

Ted and the kiddos

And this is for Pa - Madi on a RED tractor. :) (It was a bit bright, in case you can't tell.)

It was a great day at the zoo! On the way to the parking lot, Madi turned to Paxton and said, "Aww, Buddy! We forgot to leave you with the monkeys!" And she was serious...
But thankfully, NO one was left with ANY animal and we all made it home safe and sound. Another great Spring Break day!