Zoo Trip

Today was GORGEOUS in Columbia. It was supposed to be upper 70s and cloudy but ended up being 81 and SUNNY. IT.WAS.AMAZING. We have had so many days of rain and clouds in the last month and we were all in need of some vitamin D!
Normally on Wednesday mornings I have bible study but I decided it was just to pretty today to sit inside so after dropping Emmie off at school, the little girls and I headed to the zoo!
Since Ellie was the big girl today I told her she could pick what order we did things in and which animals we saw. She had the best time making all the decisions! The first things she wanted to do were ride the pony, ride the train, and visit the barn yard.

Ruthie was so funny on the train. I tried to put her on my lap so she could see but she wanted to sit on the seat like Ellie...she wants so badly to be one of the big girls!

She was very firm that she didn't want to feed any animals or ride the carousel. We did a lot of walking but we did the zoo in the order that she wanted to and she loved every minute of "being in charge".

This was the first time Ruthie had been to the zoo since she was old enough to really enjoy it and she had a great time. The monkeys were all fired up when we got there so she was pretty overwhelmed at first until she got used to all the noise.


She loved all the animals and really wanted to walk everywhere instead of riding in the stroller. I would have let her except she wanted to walk in the opposite direction that we were going!

She was so excited about the giraffes!

Love this picture and look at all those curls!

We loved being out in the sunshine and I think we're going to luck out with another day in the 70s before it cools off again...yay!