Party Time at the Zoo

This weekend we went to a great birthday party for Merediht's friend, Maddie at the zoo! The kids all got to go play games and then the zoo keepers brought by animals for the kids to see. Of course, after we were all able to go visit the zoo. Since our normal tour of the zoo takes a couple of hours and we were getting a later start because we had been at the party, we told Meredith we could only see "a couple of animals." First, she chose the monkeys, and then we, of course, had to see the meercats especially since Daddy was with us. On the way to the way to the meercats, I pointed to the zebras, which are very visible from the walkway and told the girls to look at them. Meredith very purposely walked away from them and told me that she didn't want to see the, when I asked why, she told me that the zebras were not a part of the "couple" that she wanted to see. Boy, she took me literally! Luckily we really got to see just about everything we usually do, just on a more abbreviated scale. She was very good about helping us to get home in time for Neal and I to take Gigi to dinner for her birthday! What a sweet and considerate little girl we have!

No trip is too short for a stop at the Baby Elephant for pictures!
And of course, we had to ride the carousel. Meredith didn't want to take this picture, but she was having fun riding with Daddy! She even compromised with herself to get to ride the carousel - she first told us she wanted to feed the birds, but then said "No, I want to ride the carousel instead" -which was not a decision we were trying to force on her. She is too funny!