This weekend we started off the fun by taking our kids to the Frank Buck Zoo in Gainesville. I had heard of this zoo several times. Lots of people recommended it but always with the preface, "It's not the Fort Worth Zoo...." so I honestly went into the day excited but with low expectations. I was wrong - this was a really fun zoo! No, it isn't the Fort Worth Zoo, which I'm pretty sure is like world acclaimed or something like that, but it had lots of good animals and you could get really close up to many of them. We also picked a great day to visit the zoo - not too many people with cool weather. My favorite kind of a zoo day :)
One of the things we were looking forward to was the giraffe feeding. Eva got to give the giraffe a piece of lettuce. It was a tiny bit anticlimactic in that it was over in about 5 seconds but Eva still really liked it.
She also got to spend some time feeding goats.
Pretending to be a giraffe. I liked that she laughed at herself when she saw this photo on my phone.
Bears! {in the top left corner} That girl and her daddy are so silly together.
The day before the zoo I finally learned how to wear Jensen in the ring sling I sewed before he was born. Let me say that I LOVE wearing him in this sling. I have a Moby wrap and an Infantino front/back carrier and this is definitely my new favorite wrap. It is so quick and easy to put him in and it is very comfortable to wear. I wore Jensen in it the entire time we were at the zoo and it didn't hurt my back at all. Plus it was chilly so wearing Jensen helped both of us stay warm.
After the zoo we rode the train goes all around the park right next door.You can somewhat tell in this photo that after 3 1/2 years Eva's dark blue eyes are suddenly turned hazel green like mine. Her hair is also growing in a much darker blonde. Crazy!
Ryan over excited, Jensen under excited. A perfect duo. Jensen seriously slept through most of the day. That baby can sleep through anything.
And lastly we played on the playground! I may have gotten stuck trying to climb out of this tire swing. Awkward mom moment. Note: I'm not wearing Jensen on the swing, I just left the carrier on.
Friday night we all went to the varsity baseball game up at Byron Nelson. I wore Jensen again....and he slept through most of the game :) We all had a bunch of fun with friends, until Eva jumped in a giant mud puddle. After that we had to call it a night.
Ryan's parents came up to play on Saturday morning which gave Ryan time to do yard work and me time to run a few kid free errands. Running errands without kids is so much easier and faster, but while I was out I looked at the photos of Eva and Jensen that Nana has posted and it made me miss them so much! So then I hurried home with some lunch for everybody.
Saturday night was spent on a date with my handsome man! We hadn't gone out alone since way back in January so we were really looking forward to it! Some friends gave us a Brio gift card and offered to baby sit on whatever night we used it - double awesome! We enjoyed some wonderful steak and walked around Southlake listening to the live music.
Love your yellow dress and I'm so glad yall had a great time at the zoo!
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