Houston Zoo Visit

On Saturday we made a morning trip to the Houston Zoo. I had invested in a membership shortly after we moved back, but we had not made it up there to enjoy the benefits until now! Matt is still hit or miss on the whole animal experience. He loves the water, the playground, and of course the snacks. The animals are near the bottom of his list right now. Hopefully that will change as we go through this year of membership, or it may be a lot of boring trips to the zoo!

We stopped in the aquarium first because it was a bit hot that morning! He insisted on wearing his SC hat, and wearing it backwards for most of the day.

Doesn't he look so happy to be there at this moment?

A hint of a smile comes about as he points to a fish.

They are getting a little more interested now.

There must have been a big colorful fish or two swimming by because even Jonathan got involved for this shot!

Matt seemed to enjoy anything that involved my getting coins out of my wallet. No worries, it's for donations, but sure would be nice if he enjoyed the animals, right? He fed the bird some money and was quite excited and proud of himself.

These are the days when Matt can shove Jonathan out of the way, but pretty soon, we think Jonathan will start shoving back!

Jonathan almost ended up on the turf after that move by Matt. See the look of warning in Nick's eyes. Good thing I haven't ventured to a playground with these two by myself recently. I can barely keep up with them on our playground in the backyard, and there are no other children there!

Jonathan recently learned that he could slide all by himself and enjoy it too!

Such excitement for something so simple!

Time for my bad photography on the carousel:

I tried so hard to capture them and ended up with a few good, blurry ones. I kick myself because this is the first time Matt cooperated and actually looked, smiled and waved at me as he went by every turn.

Jonathan and I await another rotation of the carousel.

Light bulb out or something, guys? They are two peas in a pod sometimes!

I caught a wave and a smile!

One of my favorites, even with the blurriness.

The hat got a bit crooked as the ride went on.

So happy to have left the playground and to be looking at large animals laying in the sun. Good times!

Jonathan examines the elephants.

We had a good morning with only a bit of whining on Matt's part. He'll get there, soon I hope! The plan next time is to start at the elephants and end at the playground so he's not whining at the end of it all! Well, at least not until we say it's time to go. At least there's a train we could ride that's out by the parking lot. There's a bit of motivation to leave the playground.