The ZOO

The whole family went to the KC Zoo on Wednesday. My mother-in-law keeps Will over night on Sunday and then watches him most of Monday - I ususally come get him about 7:30pm. She took him to the zoo Monday, but we had already planned the Wednesday trip, so Will went twice in one week. Matt and I had a great time. It wasn't very crowded and there was a nice cool breeze. Will enjoyed it also, although he was a bit upset that he was strapped into a stroller. We let him out of the stroller, but he didn't want to hold any hands. He wanted to run wherever he wanted. That wasn't really ok with us, so Matt carried him for a while. Will enjoyed looking at the animals. He kept pointing and making Will talking noises which don't translate well in writing. We went to get something to eat (don't ever pay for zoo food - it's super expensive and not good) and by the time we got our food ordered, Will was asleep. He didn't miss out on some gourmet cuisine or anything though. Actually, we saved him some, but he didn't want it later. I guess even the baby thought it was nasty.

We went into this building that hat macaw's in it. If you have never been into a small building where there were kids screaming (there were several school groups at the zoo that day) and macaw's screaming, count yourself lucky. I thought I was going to die. Will enjoyed it though. He ran around and had a good time. Then we left and walked right by some goats. He wanted to play with the goats and kept running around, so he was put back into his stroller after a baby melt down. That kid sure can throw a fit (wonder where he gets that from).

All in all, our trip to the zoo was fun. We bought a Friends of the Zoo pass for $65. It is good until March 2009 and gets all of us into the zoo anytime we want. It also gets us into other zoos around the country for half price I think (not sure on the exact details of this). Since we are going to Omaha in a few short weeks and we are planning to go to Dallas after Christmas and both of those zoos are ones we can get into for half price, we made a good investment. We also plan on going to the zoo here like once a week. Matt says it will be good exercise and good family time. I think it sounds ok. I'm not sure how excited I will be in the heat of July and August. Maybe the pounds will just fall off.