So, we woke up this morning all excited to go to the zoo for "$2 Tuesday!" with 3 other homeschool families. We met up and proceeded to drive an hour to the zoo. We pull into the packed parking lot and were told that it was full. As was the over-flow parking lot. We needed to go to another parking site and then we could be shuttled back to the entrance.Well, the alternative site was a decent drive away and when we arrived and saw the massive line of folks waiting for the shuttle, we decided that "$2 Tuesday!" wasn't the best idea. What a crowded mess!
3 moms (and one dad) stood between 2 vehicles containing our collective 18 excited kids. We stared at each other. What should we do? None of us were particularly thrilled at the prospect of trying to keep eyes on our kiddos in this huge mass of people.
Well, long story (kind of) short, we ended up finding a great park a few towns back the other way. No crowds and FREE! We played all afternoon, enjoyed our picnic lunches and the homemade Cinnamon Rolls Christi made for us all. We and had a great day. We'll definitely be going back. The pic above is Micah with our collective kiddos minus one (he was feeling a bit "done" :)
Daddy and his wet baby!
Zephan splashin'
This thing was ultra-cool, there was another set of steps behind us and more neat waterfalls.
I don't have a clue what they were doing, but it looked fun!
Our beautiful Levi
These were the kind that rise and fall in patterns - Kai loved them!
He's a bit concerned but warmed up to the water quickly.
This is a lot taller than it looks.
...and my wrinkled-nosed and exhausted baby :)
2 comments:
That park looks awesome.
Sorry about the zoo, Nee! We went once on a $2 Tuesday and have a membership now so we would never have to deal with that again! That park looks awesome! Where did you find it?
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