September zoo visit

I just realized that I didn't blog the entire month of September. I am pretty sure we did things, I painted all my basement doors and door frames and for the first time since we moved in Laine actually has working closet doors. The kids continued on with school, Christian went to Virginia for work, and I took a trip out to West Virginia to see my BFF and participate in a 5K. I realized that we didn't really do any family outings this months but we did sneak a trip to the zoo just under the wire though. 

I love visiting the zoo first thing in the morning when no one is there, it is even better in the spring and fall when it is really quiet. The kids had a day off from school so I packed them all up and we hit the zoo. 

 James decided to relax on the elephant!

 My kids love this picture, they love posing with any of the statues, but the rhino is their favorite.

 We also loved the new slide in the splash pad area.  Matty was particularly happy with the new slide and the train he and his sisters made.

Because it was rainy and cold the splash pad wasn't on but we did get to play in the pirate ship. 

Ah, a nest of cute kids. 

See more statue poising.

 We did get to watch the trainers train one of the tigers. It was fun to see and we got to see the tiger up close.

It was a fun day at the zoo- and we got out of there before the school buses arrived- lucky day