My birthday and the Zoo

All I wanted to do on my birthday was have a fun day with the kids and Brian. Since Brian took the day off he said I could do anything I wanted ....... so I surprised him by saying I wanted to go to the zoo. He was expecting me to say I was running away for the day with no kids and to just be by myself. The day could not have been more perfect! The kids had a blast, my mom went with us, and then that night my sister Kara took all 3 kids!

Our trek down to the zoo started with a metro ride! The boys were so excited and Cecelia had no clue what was going on.










The boys with a huge hippo. As you can see, Shane was not so sure about it. He makes the funniest faces.










No matter how many times I see a hippo it amazes me how big they are!











I always tell Robert that his memory is ridiculous...... he remembers everything! I was telling him that elephants have good memories. He was sure that it could not be as good as his. The boys were more fascinated with the big piles of poop!








This is Robert next to a HUGE gorilla. The funniest thing happened...... another monkey came flying in to get this monkey and it jumped up and slammed on the glass with it fists right at Robert. He FLEW back like 50 feet and almost peed his pants. It was hilarious!









This enormous orangutan Lucy loved to watch me put my lip gloss on for some reason. I would put it away and then slowly take it out and she would come running. You can't tell that well, but she would put her head right on the glass just inches from mine and watch me put it on. It was so amazing to be so close, literally, face to face, with this animal.





Cecelia playing on this brass frog. So cute!












Granny and Cece playing!










The boys playing in the playground that is supposed to simulate what it would be like to be a badger or a mole that digs.









The kids relaxing watching the seals. Aren't they the cutest three kids?! We really had a wonderful day! I think I may make this a birthday tradition of mine! If you ever get the chance to visit DC then you have to go to the National Zoo. Nothing beats making memories with the kids!