The big Zoo

We took Thomas to the big Zoo (Hogle Zoo in SLC) yesterday. We told him the zoo at Willow park was little and we could see more animals at the big zoo.
We picked a hot day to go - but we wanted to go before all the kiddies get out of school for the summer. So at least it wasn't crowded.
The first animals you see when going into the zoo, are the elephants. Once we got there, Thomas didn't want to go anywhere else. He was perfectly satisfied with staying right there for the rest of the day. So the whole rest of the trip consisted of
"thomas next we are going to see the ___"
"no, no, no, no, no, no"

But we made it through, and after seeing the elephants once more, he told us he wanted to go back to the car LOL. poor kid, his parents just wanted to show him the sights and he was content to stay at home and play in the backyard. That will probably be our only trip this summer - besides going camping in Aug.

so here are a few pics of Thomas's reluctant Zoo experience:

the first sight of the Elephants

meerkats

snake

back to the Elephants Dad

ready to go home after seeing the elephants again


oh, and the balloon - as we tried to hype up the zoo for 2 weeks before we went, we asked Thomas what he wanted to see at the zoo - and his response was either a green ballon or a purple balloon - and I would ask again "What ANIMALS do you want to see at the zoo?" LOL and he would usually then answer monkey or elephant - but he still insisted that he would need a ballon at the zoo - so this little Thomas the train ballon was the perfect thing, I picked it up at the store before we left, and then just gave it to him there, no helium required, so it wouldn't escape and blow away - it was perfect.

And that finishes off our busy, but fun, whirlwind weekend.
Tyson's birthday was Thurs. and mine was Sat. So we dropped Thomas off at Mom's (thanks mom!) and we got to go on a real date (it had been like a year since our last real date). Mom had Chris and Sara drop off Halden and Keithan too, so the 3 boys played all day together.
On sunday Thomas was excited to go back to Grandma's house for a second time, and my siblings had a party for us, with cake, icecream and presents! Thanks everybody!
and then monday's trip to the zoo was a great way to just wrap it all up.

Now it's back to our regularly scheduled events, of laundry, dishes, and of course playing outside until it gets dark!