Field Trip

Alex was just SO happy to spend the day at the zoo!
Partners in crime!

Alex, before he got his clothes soaking wet!

"Which way do we go now big brother?"

It was so hot today that I could not say "no" when Alex asked if he could get wet at the splashground. Abby, not surprisingly, wanted nothing to do with this.

"Kak, Kak" says Abby as she watches the ducks swim by.

The kiddles and their new plush snakes. Neither kid fell asleep on the way home as both were entertained by hitting the other with their snakes.

This morning we headed over to the zoo for a quick visit before Alex starts Kindergarten. He loved all of it. Abby loved the warm-weather treats like ice cream and ICEEs and any of the animals that she could see in underwater tanks. She fought being in the stroller pretty hard and did not enjoy the splashground as much as her brother. Alex read the map remarkably well and led us around the park along his agenda. Both kids loved watching the penguins play and we all decided that river otters are the cutest things ever!

This afternoon, Alex was able to meet his Kindergarten teacher and see his new classroom. She seems very sweet and he told Brad "yeah Dad, she's really nice". He also met his bus driver and is eager to ride the bus to school in the mornings. It looks like he'll know a few of the kids in his class already as they attended preschool together. Some of the neighbor kids are in the surrounding classrooms too so he'll see them from time to time at school, as well as on the bus. Hopefully those familiar faces will bring a little comfort in a new place for him.