Oakland Zoo

A few weeks ago some girls in the ward and I took the kids to the Oakland Zoo. It is a smaller zoo, but a perfect size to actually keep the attention span of a two year old. The guerillas and giraffes were the hit. The new male guerillas were marking their territory by yelling and throwing boxes and rocks at the windows (one of them even shattered). This scared the kids a bit, and admittedly me too. It was also fun to watch how the giraffes drink water.

We took a break to let the kids get their wiggles out, and to feed Teddy. There was this frog pond with rock lily pads the kids can jump across on.

Jack was of course all over it. He then thought it would be fun to swim jump in the water. All of a sudden, a sopping wet Jack comes running over and said "Mom, I went swimming!" He was so proud of himself I couldn't help but laugh. Needless to say, he spent the rest of the time in the stroller with no pants and his extra sweatshirt. Boys will be boys!