We Went To The Zoo, Zoo, Zoo!

Today, we met another fabulous homeschooling family at the zoo! Between the 2 mama's, we had eight kiddos ages 16 months (Precious Bella) through 6 1/2 years! I am sure that we were a sight to see - especially when our small children used words such as habitat to describe an animals home. Or when they were correctly able to identify the anacondas and otters. Or the different species of birds and fish. Or that the baby warthog's were nursing because they were mammals! Or when Wesley, after dipping his hand into the wishing fountain, took two fingers on his right hand, knelt a little and made the sign of the cross (Is it obvious that we are Catholic!)!

As always when you have a lot of children and not a lot of adults, there are times you want to scream. And yes, there were definitely those moments where one or both of us had to just sit back and laugh so that we would not pull our hair out, so it was nice to have that other adult with you who felt the same! Who could justify the feelings you felt or take over for a second for you!

The life-size elephant is always a HUGE hit!

Hannah and Wesley on the trunk!

At the Otter tank - Robert and Aahliya with our buddies Ethan and sister Alex

Wesley was captivated by the otters. . . and the puddles that he tried to go swimming in!!

CHEESE! How to turn a single stroller into a triple - 2 in the front and 1 in the basket - no work for the kiddos, A LOT of work for the mama!

Alex, Aahliya, Derek, and Ethan in front of the giraffes

It was a great morning with incredible company! Thank you SO much, Jennifer for the idea - We need to get together more often!