The Zoo. In July.

Wowsa it's hot outside.



The kids have been asking daily to go back to the zoo since we had a few fun trips there during the spring.
 

I finally relented and planned a trip there for this morning, and one solid friend braved the heat to come with us.



Jennifer was my roommate most of the time I was at A&M and remains one of my best friends.
 

Her daughter Evie is just a couple months younger than Oliver.




We crammed a lot of fun into the two hours we were at the zoo.  We rode the kid train, saw the snakes, saw the monkeys, koalas, and kangaroos...







...fed the goats in the children's zoo (and played in the egg statues and the water nearby)...






...and finally we saw the elephants and giraffes and rode the merry-go-round.



The car was a thousand degrees when we got back to it, but the important thing is that we did get back to it.  The zoo feels like a precarious outing with three little kids, especially in the heat.



But it's fun to go with a friend.  Lucy loved holding Miss Jennifer's hand, and all my kids love Evie to pieces.



Mostly I felt relieved when we were back in the car.  I'm hoping that the kids will be satisfied with this zoo outing until it gets a little cooler in the fall.