IPTV kids day at the ZOO!!!

This weekend brought us a trip to the zoo to see all of the public television friends.

Up early to a 9 am baseball game on Saturday morning, leaves us with a full uninterrupted day!! YEAY!!!

After the game we headed to Des Moines and grabbed a bite to eat at Applebees, then off to the zoo for some fun times.

We hit up the rainforest, checked out the flamingoes and then snuck in a story time with Dan Wardell from IPTV kids club. The boys waited patiently and then got their picture with none other than.......

Yep!! You guessed it, the Cat in the Hat!!! How exciting!!! We then moved on to the dinosaur exhibit they have. Gunnar wanted NOTHING to do with this, he opted to stay outside and dig up bones in the sandbox and run through the dino maze with Baba while Hunter and Mom checked out the dinos and got this sweet pic!!

So Hunter and I decided to go nuts in the gift shop at the dino exhibit. We bought glow in the dark dino rings, a plush T-Rex, we grabbed Gunnar a biting T-rex, and I grabbed a couple of volcanoes that erupt when they are put in water and a dino grows out of them. Awesome!! (they have been pretty excited about watching their dinosaurs grow everyday, they are getting really big!!). Then off to the train we went via the giraffes, tiger, lion and sweet huge catepillar. Check it out!

Well we made it to the train, and didn't even have to stand in line. This was a first. We even got to sit in the boy's favorite spot on the train all the way in the back on the reverse seat! WOW!! Here is an awesome picture of them and their Baba on the train with them!!

After all the excitement of riding on that long train ride (about 5 minutes long) we headed over to the farm part of the zoo and the playground (which is of course the hot spot). We stopped so the boys could get a drink. See pic.

Over at the play ground we played for the rest of our time at the zoo until they closed and kicked us out. Here are some random pics of the boys playing on the equipment. I think this is one of the best aspects of this zoo. Fun times.

We snuck in a peek at the otters on the way out and drove home while everyone crashed out!!

The next day was Father's day. We celebrated at Applebee's (we didn't let dad know we had just eaten there yesterday, it was his choice and we didn't want to ruin it) then ran a few errands, got the horse trailer packed for next weekend and then I got a kidney infection that laid me up for 4 days. Good times and Happy Father's Day to ALL the dads out there!!

Until next weekend!!