All of the pictures of Myles on my computer are divided into folders by months. So when I am ready to do the next Myles Monthly I just go to that folder and start from there. Sometimes I will open up a new month and see something that I completely forgot about. This is one of those times. I found all of these zoo pictures from a time we went to the Oakland Zoo when Myles was about 19 1/2 months. After I was super disappointed by our trip to the San Fransisco Zoo, I thought I would give the Oakland one a try.
The week we went Myles got sick on Wednesday, but was feeling better by the end of the night. Thursday was spent in the house making sure he was better, so I figured by Friday he would be ready to spend the day outside exploring.... eh.. not so much. The trip didn't go as planned and we only stayed long enough to see a couple things, but I did get a few good pictures of our day.
The week we went Myles got sick on Wednesday, but was feeling better by the end of the night. Thursday was spent in the house making sure he was better, so I figured by Friday he would be ready to spend the day outside exploring.... eh.. not so much. The trip didn't go as planned and we only stayed long enough to see a couple things, but I did get a few good pictures of our day.
We started out at the monkeys.
I guess this one is known for showing off all day long.
We had to check out the birds because Myles has a slight infatuation with them.
This is when the meltdown started. He was freaking out and only wanted to be held. I somehow managed to get him to go inside the reptile house and look around for all of about 2 minutes.
My favorite of the whole day! I'm sure they were mating, but I imagined them to be a mommy and baby :)
The crocs were right outside the reptile house.
Next we made our way to the petting zoo part. After carrying him around for 5 minutes, he finally let me put him down long enough to brush a couple animals.
Then it was complete meltdown time and I couldn't hold him off any longer. I wasn't able to carry him and push the big stroller at the same time, so I had to strap him in and push him all the way back to the car while he was screaming bloody murder! I am sure everyone there thought I was torturing him as he was flailing and jerking his body every which way and yelling so loud the lions woke up. Definitely not the ideal trip I had planned but that's the way it goes with toddlers sometimes. I guess he wasn't completely better so really it was my fault... lesson learned for sure!
What's your/your kids' favorite animals at the zoo?
