Zoo

Today was a beautiful, unseasonably cool August day. Jack and I decided to go to the zoo. Most kids are back at school, so it wasn't too crowded. I will admit that I had ulterior motives, though. Jack didn't get much sleep last night and I knew he would need a nap today. Since he doesn't nap unless he falls asleep in the car, I decided to try to wear him out at the zoo and hope he would fall asleep on the way home. Well, we spent over 3.5 hours at the zoo. I didn't bring a stroller and I didn't carry Jack at all. I drove around for an hour on the way home, and despite many yawns, Jack did not fall asleep! This kid is amazing! I didn't want to drive around anymore, so we just came home and I put Jack down for a "nap." I can hear him upstairs running around his room playing. Such is life. At least he is staying in his room today.



We did have lots of fun at the zoo. First, we checked out the insectarium. We were able to see a lot of little insects and then we walked through a butterfly room.Next, we went to the River's Edge where we saw many animals. Here Jack is looking at the fish that swim with the hippos.

We were excited to see the elephants. In this picture Jack is watching one of the baby (3-year-old) elephants and her mommy.

Next we saw the two baby elephants together (one is 2 and one is 3).

We saw numerous other animals in the River's Edge. From there, we took the train one stop to the Red Rocks station. There we saw lions and tigers.

We saw some zebras.

Jack likes to climb on the little fence to see the animals better.

Alice the camel has two humps. Go Alice, Go! (if you don't know the song "Alice the Camel" then that probably makes no sense to you).

Jack and I saw some ostriches (not to be confused with emus - I really don't know the difference).

Here is a picture of me from January 2007 when I was pregnant with Jack. I am imitating the emu we saw while we were in Australia. Notice how different it is from the ostriches Jack and I saw today.
Jack and I found a nice, quiet place for lunch. We had Jack's favorite, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Jack calls them "jelly sandwiches." In fact, he even calls peanut butter "jelly sandwich." I gave him a slice of apple with peanut butter on it recently. He licked the peanut butter off it and handed it back to me saying, "more jelly sandwich, please." No matter how many times I emphasize that it is a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, he still just calls it a jelly sandwich. It's probably one of those things that when he starts to call it by the proper name, I will miss him calling it a jelly sandwich.

After lunch, we rode the train once more. It is definitely Jack's favorite part!

He has been putting his fingers in his mouth lately and I don't know why. Maybe he's getting another tooth???

I sure wish I had a picture of him napping to end this post. Someday...