Flanagan Clan

On Monday and Tuesday the weather was warm and beautiful, so I decided to skip the laundry and get the boys outside in the sunshine. On Tuesday we just did the local park, since Patrick had to go to preschool at noon, but on Monday we went to the Pt. Defiance Zoo. The boys seemed to really enjoy the aquarium, Ethan especially. He got very excited when he saw all the big fish and SHARKS! The boys also really enjoyed the new kid zone that they have there, complete with jungle gyms and a petting zoo. Now that I realize that’s open I think we’ll be coming back at least a couple more times this summer. The boys even all rode the carousel, Ethan included, and Ethan did not want to leave when the ride was over. He was begging to get back on the horse!!!

Anyways, I don’t have a ton of pictures from our zoo trip since I spent most of the time pushing strollers and making sure boys didn’t get lost, but here’s what I have!

Yum Yum Yum! Three boys in the tum! (I am pretty sure my parents have a picture of us as kids standing behind this prop many many years ago…)

SHARKS!!!

Ethan was very fascinated by the whole thing

Watching the penquins (who were not nearly as exciting as the tiger, according to Patrick!)

Look, we actually got these two to ride the carousel on a horse instead of a bench!

And, Ethan? I had a hard time pulling him off the ride!

Oh, and for Uncle Jonny- Sammy rode the husky, the mascot of UW. Ethan rode the Cougar, which is WSU’s mascot, but we’ll pretend that didn’t happen 😉

Also,  a little thing I learned about the Pt. Defiance Zoo- get there early on a weekday- for a lot of the animals we were almost the only ones there. It was great. I hate large crowds at things like that. I also packed light and used the umbrella stroller, which made things a lot easier than taking the double stroller. Sammy needs to learn that he needs to walk now, anyways, because soon we won’t be able to give him anymore free rides 😛