Choo Choo!!

Although I had all kinds of elaborate plans for our Saturday, when we asked Helen Grace what she wanted to do, she asked to go to the zoo. So off we went! Another beautiful day at the zoo…not sure what Memphis has done to deserve this great, fall weather, but we love it.

She wanted to see monkeys, bats (must be the Halloween books we are reading), pandas, and the farm. Also, we finally rode the train around the farm for the first time- and the second time actually. Once just wasn’t enough for little miss! I loved watching her face- her mouth open in awe of being on a choo choo, fingers clasping the seat tightly, and the wind blowing her hair all over the place. Precious memory.

We tried to get her on the little boat ride that I remember so fondly from my childhood. She seemed interested at first, but she balked when I lifted her into the boat. Maybe next time!

One of the few pics I was able to capture of the photographer… She loves this guy for some reason. The panda walked right over to her, laid down, rolled over, and showed her his belly! She pretended to be scratching his head.. Mama is going to tickle a smile out of her. Waving to the black bunny First time on a choo choo Our second time around She was not getting on that boat. Chasing a birdieAwww, one of my favorites of the two of us.The rooster was too loud.  “There’s a cow- IN THERE!” “There’s a horsie!” “MOO!”“Look, Mom, no hands!” Not a happy camper to be leaving the zoo