Yesterday, I had wanted to bring Ben to the Zoo, since I knew that it would be in the 50's. I wanted to have some quality time with my little guy, since I've been away from home so much. It was cloudy yesterday, and the weather said that it was likely that there'd be thunderstorms. We ended up going to Dave's parent's house because they had guests from out of town over.

Today I woke up and saw the weather report, and they had mentioned that it was going to be a beautiful morning and afternoon, in the lower 70's and we had a chance to break the record temperature for the day. I wasn't planning on going to the zoo today, since I'm a bit behind on some work and I didn't really do anything yesterday. But the weather was too good to pass up. So we decided to head out to the zoo today to enjoy the beautiful weather. It's still early in the season, so I knew that there wouldn't be a lot of people there.

I guess I'm not the only one who thought it would be a perfect day to go to the zoo. When we got there, there was a line of cars trying to get into the parking lot, and there were people everywhere! Luckily, I've got a membership, so we didn't have to pay for parking.

The day was gorgeous. There was a cool breeze blowing and the sun was nice and warm. This was Ben's second time at the zoo (though I was there several times when I was preggo) and he had a much better time this time around. When he spotted the animals moving around, he liked to shout at them and point. He really enjoyed the meerkats in their little den. I think he loved the polar bear the most, since he was pretty active today, pacing around his grotto. Ben shouted and growled at him and tried to climb over the fence to get to him. It was pretty cute.

After about 3 hours, though, he had his fill of the zoo and started getting antsy, so we headed home. There was still a long line to get into the zoo as we were heading out, so we were happy we came early.

I'm thinking of getting Ben a little book going over different animals, so we can prepare a little better for the next time!

Posted by Yano at March 25, 2007 04:00 PM

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