Since Ben had this week off of work last month in between yearly contracts, we took advantage of the time together and amazing weather and planned a few activities with Jayden. After Ben and I got back from our romantic getaway, we took him to the Hogle Zoo for a day of fun. It was the perfect day! Nice temperature, not crowded, and the animals were super active and fun to watch. We got to watch zebras fight, grizzly bears wrestle, and the lions prowl around. It was such a fun day with my boys!!!
We stopped by for an early lunch at Wendy’s before heading to the zoo.
SO excited for the zoo!
Jayden loved the animal statues around the zoo. He went up and named every single body part of this gorilla before pausing, grabbing onto his chest and exclaiming matter of factly, “And that’s it’s boob!” We got some pretty disgusted looks which just sent me and Ben roaring with laughter. Proud parent for Ben and me for sure. Ha ha!
Jayden sat on multiple animals (including the lion he had been begging to go on the whole time we were in line) before finally deciding on the tortoise.
Thumbs up for an awesome carousel ride! :)
Jayden’s happy dance after going down the slide and his little skip around the playground were too cute!
Jayden almost missed the seal one time, so he made sure he was ready and got very excited when the seal came around again. :)
Jayden made the shadow for the fence into a train track. Love this train obsessed little guy!
This gorilla had the sweetest face.
Snack time!
It was incredible seeing the lionesses and lions so active and out and about. Incredible animals!
Time to ride the train! Jayden’s favorite part, so we save it for last so he does not end up begging for another ticket throughout the entire zoo.
We ended the day with dinner at Chuck-a-rama. Great day, great food, great company! Love days like this! :) Our day at the Union Station is up next!
