Sunday at the Zoo

It was a nice day out and the boys were up early so we decided to pack the car and head to the zoo.  As frequently happens, we had a Holden boy sandwich for a while!

The boys had a great time checking out the animals.  Carter even set up a "store" at the playground where we sold milk, cookies and lettuce to the other kids.  Dad was his best customer  [side note: a toddler's imagine is hilarious!].  I think we had the most fun at the petting zoo where Carter insisted on brushing every animal.

I wasn't kidding when I said EVERY animal.

He did take a break to watch the train go by.

And then it was back to brushing.

Parker and dad had some fun brushing too!

We did check out the rest of the animals.  Carter insisted on having his picture taken as a lion...

And both boys were memorized by the giraffes.

We also made a stop at Carter's favorite part of the zoo, the gorilla statues.  Where he gave the baby gorilla several hugs and kisses before climbing on the daddy gorilla and jumping off the tree stump several times.

Carter's other favorite activity was going up to the vending machines and getting "tickets" out of them.  He then gave mom/dad/Parker the tickets for various activities and put some in his pocket for safe keeping.  He is on a bit of a ticket kick lately and likes to give out and collect tickets.  Silly kid!