Monday, September 15, 2008

Worth it?

J, M and I drove 35 min to the zoo to find the parking lot full on 2-dollar Tuesday, but we couldn't turn around.... we'd come too far, and so we continued to drive an exit further on the freeway to shuttle parking. After finding a spot in row "G" I unloaded then loaded the princesses in our sit-n-stand double stroller (wishing very badly Jay was with us) and hiked an enormous hill to wait in line for the shuttle bus. Since J perked up and said "mommy... BUS!", and the nice grandpa behind me carried the stroller on board I decided to enjoy the journey. 90 min into the trip, many miles and two lines later we were IN the zoo with cousins, aunts & grandma. One more line and we had victoriously viewed this brand new baby (sorry not a very good shot),a magnificent sea lion, a spinning otter,

and a couple of monkeys. Watching J enjoy all of this, her snow cone,
and seeing these reactions,it was SO time for Purell, and to celebrate a day my daughters enjoyed very much! To include M, here she is with her adorable "P'Nut" from great aunt J! She loves him:)

4 comments:

The Hill Family said...

Jeez, we were going to go last Tuesday with the Mommy & me group from church. I don't think Carter would've made it! Glad you finally got there in one piece. Love M's little smile and it looks like J had so much fun!

Kathy said...

Once your in the parking lot of anything the kids want to do you have to stay. It looks like you guys had a great time so it was worth it I'm sure!!

Nick and Charity said...

It was so much fun. We had such a blast. Thanks for hanging out with us.

The Jensen Fam said...

Wow, what a day! I've never been to $2 Tuesday, but I heard it can be wild! I'm glad that you had so much fun and it sounds like the girls enjoyed the zoo!