tuesday zoo day

we've been spending our summer days at home all day every day

while michael works alll day

(he was gone 13 hours yesterday because of a work dinner he had to go to

and today will be about the same because of a meeting

and he's working extra so he can take friday off for my family reunion in utah)

instead of sitting around today i thought i'd take the kids to the park

and then i decided instead to offer the zoo and they were excited

it turns out there was a bit of the zoo we missed last time

so it was new to us

 i bought some food for the kids to feed the goats but they got too scared

so i fed them instead

 we went in to see the butterflies and hazel started freaking out they would land on her

and then i looked around for eleanor

and realized i'd left her in the stroller outside...not my greatest parenting moment

but luckily she hadn't noticed 

she was happily eating crackers in the stroller

 zebras

 i'm pretty proud of myself for taking them

i didn't even know if i could get there without directions but i drove straight there

and we managed pretty well on our own but i still prefer to do everything with michael

 this was toward the end of our time at the zoo

the kids all started fighting over who got to drive this jeep

 which eventually led to hair-pulling and screaming

so i figured that was our cue it was time to go

 and since i'm a glutton for punishment

we made one more stop

to target just to get the lego movie

because i'd promised the kids

it was pretty painful despite only getting the movie and back out

henry was hungry and the cart was way heavy with all the kids in it (a kid cart)

so i asked noah to feed henry

and none of them were happy... oh well

 luckily henry and eleanor are now napping

and the kids are watching the lego movie so i can have a break

good thing they're all so cute! i'm tired.