The Zoo!!

This drive me nuts all out of order but I decided I would rather have the memories written down than stress over the order of what its in. With that being said, the first weekend in May we went to the zoo. It all started on Saturday we ran up to the mall to return some stuff and we walked past the Rain Forest Cafe where they have a giant fake elephant. Well Ascher was enthralled. Didn't want to leave the elephant and for the rest of the day talked about this elephant. I had the brillant idea of asking him if he wanted to go see REAL elephants which of course was a YES!! So with a little convincing Justin and I agreed we would wake up Sunday and head to the zoo. 

Ascher has been to the Houston Zoo before when he was less than a year old as well as the Waco zoo last summer for Ella's birthday but both times he wasn't obsessed with animals (particularly the elephants) like he was this time. We got up Sunday and Justin called Daniel & Megan and asked if they wanted to come with us so we all headed to the zoo (hoping to make it in time for elephant baths- we barely missed them). Ascher had a blast! It was so fun to watch him have so much joy as he watched each animal interact with its habitat, each other, people, etc. He is at such a fun age. He did fabulous the whole time as well. No melt downs and only cried when he fell and scraped his knee but only for a second before, "I okay." and back to the animals. Here are some pictures from our day. I am so upset we didn't get a family photo (other than this selfie)

 of course we went and saw the elephants first- such joy. like pure happiness. I may or may not have cried when I saw how happy he was to see a real elephant...I'll blame pregnancy hormones ; )

My 2 Boys

 After the elephants we walked over the sea lions. Ascher was just as excited to see them swimming. However, he kept saying "Ascher hold it!" He didn't quite understand he couldn't HOLD the animals but was happy to pose with a fake sea lion. : ) 

We walked around the rest of the zoo looking at all the animals. I just love the zoo- it is so much fun and never gets old! Justin said he hadn't been to the zoo since he was in elementary school!!! We found our way to the petting zoo and let Ascher "hold" some animals. Granted the whole petting zoo is basically goats but he was okay with it and I was happy to follow him around and let him touch each and every goat before we headed to lunch. 

After lunch we walked our way back to the front stopping along the way to see a few more animals but it was nap time and we figured we should head on home before the fun of the day came to a quick close. 

We had so much fun and I am so glad we went on this spur of a moment outing. Ascher still talks about the elephants at the zoo so I'd say our fun day was a success in the eyes of our little 2 year old.