free zoo day and science center

for the first year we lived here we had a zoo pass

we liked it but it's a really small zoo so you see everything when you go

and i think the kids got a little tired of going so often

so we let it expire and we plan to just go on their free day once or twice a year 

yesterday was  a free day so we went

 feeding the goats and sheep

 poor eleanor stepped in a deep icy puddle right when we got there 

so she had to wear a skirt we had in the car 

i'm sure she was cold but it was better than wet cold pants 

 we let them ride the carousel 

i think it was henry's first time

he loved it

 we always love to see the zebras

 and the penguins

 the giraffes were inside because it was cold

 me and henry

 after the zoo we went to the discovery center where we still have a membership

and they'd changed most of the exhibits so that was fun

 the girls loved the magna-tiles

 noah and michael built a car together

 the second room was all made out of tape

you could write on a tape board

 walk through a tape tunnel

 and sit on tape furniture

 in the last room they made half of it a toddler play area

 and the other half still has some of the old exhibits

 henry was in heaven in the pit of balls

afterward we went and ate lunch at costco

and bought a few groceries 

then spent the rest of the day at home

it was a fun saturday