"We had a Great Day"

This weekend we decided kind of spur-of-the-moment that we should go to the zoo. We packed a cooler and set off. It was an EXTREMELY warm day...especially for those of us who are humungously prego, BUT we still had an awesome time. Emery has inherited a major love of animals from Ben. It makes it extra fun to go and walk around the zoo because they both get SoOo excited about all the different animals.

She loved the white alligator and she especially enjoyed the gift shop at the end of the alligator exhibit. She thought it was pretty funny to bite me with the alligator toys.













We rode on the "Conservation Carousel" and got to watch the elephants pick grass with their noses.




Eventually we had to head for home. We didn't get to see all of the animals that Emery (okay, mostly Ben) wanted to see, BUT it was WAY past nap time and we were all pretty wiped out.


We drove home, took a little nap--

and THEN...........

We went swimming at Grandma Toller's neighborhood swimming pool. Emery has turned out to be quite the little fish. Ben had her kicking her legs and "swimming" all over the place. She had TONS of fun and we had to bribe her to get out of the pool when it was time to go.But, the best part of the day was on our way home from the pool. We were just driving home, rocking out to the Beauty and the Beast soundtrack when we heard Emery's little voice from the backseat say, "Hey guys! We had a GREAT day!" And, we really did. I simply adore my Benji and Emery!