Spring Break: San Diego Zoo

It was a beautiful day to go to the zoo.  Dave stayed home, since he had TONS of work.  So Abuela, the kids and I all headed to the zoo and met Alyssa and her cuties there.  The zoo is only two miles from the house, but we still managed to be late :)

We spent almost the whole day there.  We saw a lot of the zoo, but not all.  That place is huge!  The animals seemed to be very active and that is always fun for everyone.

Good times were had and fun memories made.  Alyssa's kids are darling and were quick to make friends with my kids.  Thats always nice, right?  Leah was a little too mature to hang with the boys, but she was very fond of Alyssa (who wouldn't be?!?! She is smart, beautiful, fun.....!)

We went to the Petting Zoo area and that was fun for the kids.  I thought they would have been more timid getting close to the animals, but they were very friendly with them and they had a fun time in there.

Right before the petting are, Alyssa and I were talking about our two and three year olds and their potty training and how it was going.  I told Alyssa that Milli was really good about not having accidents and that poop was usually something we had to push her to do (no pun intended).  Right AFTER the petting are there is a little park where we let the kids play.  Well, Milli had a HUUUUGE poop accident, HUGE!  Seriously, I should just bite my tongue.  I didn't have change of unders for her so she had to wear a diapers, she was not happy about that. But I was not happy about what she had done.... i guess she was just having to much fun to stop and go potty... Good time? maybe not.  Good memories... I can laugh about it now :)

Abuela and Otis.  Not sure how I would be able to have had as much fun with the other kids if Abuela hadn't come.  She is SO helpful, always.  Plus it helps that the kids like her so much.  I really enjoyed my time with my mom.  She is an amazing woman and I have much to learn from her.

Milli gave me a pretty flower for my hair.... I love her!!!!  I had done her hair in french braid, since that is what she wanted.  One side stayed in the other did not.  Her hair is one of the toughest things I have to deal with daily.

SO fun to see Alyssa!!!!  She recently moved to San Diego from Utah, so it was fun to get together.  It was a GREAT day!

I let Leah take the camera towards the end of the day and this is my favorite picture she took.  She told Mylo what to do and she had a vision for it... I think it turned out pretty good!  She is a creative child, I love that about her.

The zoo wasn't all pleasant, however.  We lost Milli's shoe, she scraped her knee pretty bad, she followed someone else and we panicked for what seemed to be an eternity!  Of course the poop accident was not pleasant, in the least... I guess next time I should Milli at home... or maybe not!  :)