Saturday

Saturday Ben and Whitney were busy moving everything into their new house so we took Grace for them and headed to the zoo.  This was Kirra’s first trip to the zoo and it was a big hit.  Kirra loves animals.  The only problem is, she thinks every animal is some form of a dog.  Ben and Whitney have cows in their front yard and every morning she would go outside and start barking and begging to go pet them.  The zoo was not much different.  We asked her what monkey’s say- she responded “woof woof.”  We asked her what birdies say- “woof woof.”  We asked her what alpacas say- “woof woof.”  To her every animal is just a funny looking dog.  It was so funny to watch her face as we went to the different cages.  Grace also had a blast.  She was most impressed by the statues.  Grace is similar to Kirra in that she thinks every animal is like a horse and can be ridden.  Actually, I will revise that and say everyTHING can be ridden.  Grace found a statue of a little boy bending over to look at a monkey and she was determined to ride him.  She climbed up on the bench where he was mounted and climbed right on top of his back.  She cried and fought us when we tried to take her off and move on to the next attraction.  Anytime we saw an animal with four legs she would say “ride the horsy!!”  That girl loves horses.  Anyway both the girls loved all the animals, but the big entertainment of the day was one of those penny drop machines.  It was the one that you stick the penny in and it rolls around and around in a funnel until it reaches the bottom.  I know we spent at least a dollar in pennies entertaining the girls.  When we finally ran out of pennies Grace climbed up on top and tried to stick her arm down the hole to grab a hand full of pennies.  It was extremely entertaining to watch our two little girls exploring the zoo.  It was however extremely hot and we were all exhausted by the end.  We spent the rest of the day relaxing in the pool and taking naps.

Kirra was having her morning bottle and refused to set it down for any of the pictures

Proud grandparents

The girls loved watching the monkeys

Grace mounting this poor statue boy

She is a cowgirl-no question about that

Kirra wanted to get in on the action

We literally could have taken them to the mall and found one of these dumb machines and they would have enjoyed themselves just as much

Poor Gracie was hot and tired

But still in good spirits

Kirra was a little concerned on the train ride.  Ostriches are extremely odd looking dogs.

Kirra loved the birds-at a distance

Grace loved feeding the birds but didn’t trust them

This bird wanted to test out the Iphone

Uncle Josh taking advantage of the stroller

Giving the Alpaca kisses-Probably not the most sanitary thing