The Zoo Crew!

Who was more excited about a trip to the zoo- Charlie and Wylie or me and Bubs?! Who can't be happy at the zoo?! So bright and early this morning, the Bailey bus loaded up and we all headed to our old stomping grounds for a family trip to the zoo! Yes it was 900 degress and yes there were 900 people there- however, we braved it all!!

Of course one of the first exhibits was one of Bubba's favorites. The Lions. Bubba has taught Wylie what a lion says. When you ask her, she will say "rahhhh"! In Wylie's world, at the moment, all animals say "rahhh" so we heard this all day long!

Off to the Farm at the Zoo we headed! Charlie loves birds! He is a little confused about the whole bird family at the moment though. All birds in Charlie's world say "Quack, Quack". Ducks, Flamingos, Roosters, Turkeys, they are all the same in his little world. For some reason, he will say Duck but any other bird is called Momma. Not sure what this is all about. We just go with it!

Then guess who Charlie and Wylie found... real live Bunny Foo Foo's!!! We were so pumped!

Charlie's favorite word (besides golf cart) is light. Pronounced "Liiiiiiiight". Here we are surrounded by animals and Charlie could only focus on the lights in the barn.

Next, Wylie met the goat. If this isn't precious I don't know what is. Wylie kept leaning in towards the goat trying to give it love. She would hold on to Bubs and lean in say "Oooo O"- which is code for I love you.

Onwards towards more birds for Charlie we headed! Charlie observed from his ride the "birds" and guess what he said this time- "Cocky". We have been working on this. I am pretty sure it was a heartwarming moment for Bubs! If only Wylie would say it too!

Then the Bailey Bus was off to feed Mr. Goat. Not a zoo trip without feeding the critters! Charlie was more interested in pointing to the goats eye while I was feeding him.

By far, my favorite part of the zoo is the giraffe exhibit! We fought through the 900 million people at this exhibit just to get a picture of sweet "Ralph"- that is what I have called giraffes since I could talk. To this day, my "Ralph" that I slept with growing up watches over Charlie and Wylie in their room. I heart giraffes!

After my short lived encounter with Ralph, Wylie discovered the turtles. She was all about these little guys. She plopped herself on the fence and could have watched the turtles all day long. She and Bubs had some deep conversations on the fence about the turtles while I was in charge of manning SpiderMan who was totally uninterested in Yertle the Turtle!

After a quick bite to eat and an interesting diaper fiasco with Charlie at the table, the fam was ready to ride the Choo Choo train. Again, I think we were more pumped than the kids. Plus, we rode in the giraffe cart- omen? I think so!

Hot, humid and with a gazillion other people, the Bailey Bunch conquered the zoo. We saw the sights, rode the rides, feed the critters and of course left with sourveniers. It was a perfect day! Can't wait for next year's trip when sweet Baby Bess can come along for the fun!

And a good time was had by all!