A Birthday at the Zoo!

Today was my dad's 52nd birthday, and he wanted nothing more for his birthday than to spend it with his grandkids. Traveling to Georgia is a bit difficult for me right now. Justin HATES the car and I often find a trip to the grocery store stressful with his screaming fits. Last night my mom and I decide to try to make my dad's birthday wish come true by meeting halfway between here and their house, which turned out to be Greenville, South Carolina's zoo.

It was a perfect day for the zoo as it was semi-cloudy and not too terribly warm (mid-70's maybe?), and we had a great time. We ended our day at the zoo (after playing in the park) with dinner at Red Robin. It was a great day, and hopefully it made my dad have a great birthday!

Someone got a little tired having to pull the wagon that he decided to ride it down one of the hills. (And if you would have been there, you would have known that Katelynn was the one pulling her wagon most of the time. We're still not sure if she liked pulling her wagon or the animals better.)

Looking at zoo animals is EXHAUSTING for a little guy!This was a little mist that the kids could run through. Katelynn thought it was pretty funny watching kids run through it. She only ran through it herself a few times. Most of the time she felt a touch of water going towards it and took off running in hysterical laughs.Some fun at the parkLook at that face!
THAT face again.. there's something about hanging from rope that brings this face out :)

A sad ending to a great day as we put the kids PJ's on and said goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa.

And I almost forgot to add- Katelynn thought looking at bugs was just as cool as looking at animals. She made sure her Grandpa got a good look at the fly she found, and at one point while we were all checking out pink flamingos, Katelynn was all excited about the ant crawling up with fence! Who knew I just needed to take her in our backyard for some bug watching!