First Trip to the Zoo

Madeline had her first trip to Riverbanks Zoo on Saturday. She loved it. It was our first little family outing geared for kids. We loved it! The monkeys and elephants were by far Madeline's favorite because they were the animals that moved and made the most noise. For me, personally, the giraffes were my favorite. We went after Madeline's morning nap, and we planned to eat lunch there leaving just after lunch to get Madeline home for her afternoon nap. We laughed as we were exiting the zoo, and all we heard were crying children. We could only assume these crying children were ready for naps. However, we left with a content baby, but she was certainly on the verge of having a total meltdown because she was ready for a nap too.

Remember Madeline's first dinner with total table food (the night before this zoo trip)? Well, this photo was taken just before she REFUSED to eat the easy-to-travel-with-jars-of-baby-food that I brought along to feed her lunch. Oops! Luckily, Madeline's daddy decided to eat a cheeseburger for lunch, so he shared his plain bun with her. Nothing like some good 'ol enriched flour for lunch, but hey, it satisfied her hungry tummy.
All in all, we had a WONDERFUL day on our first little family outing! Eric and I can't wait to do more things like this in the upcoming summer weekends to entertain the three of us!