Mommy-Son Zoo Day!

I'm such a lucky girl to be surrounded by so many doting boys.... especially my little ones who are always attached to me!  The time we spend together is priceless, and the adventures we get to go on, just the 3 of us.....those are precious AND adventurous!  Ever since Taj was a baby, I adore my mommy and son time.  Now I get double the mommy and son time, with the addition of Jax!  Its funny, even though Jax has his own sweet little personality, I get to relive so many baby moments I had with Taj.  Seeing Jax in some of Taj's little outfits is dejavue. Then to have 2 of them to giggle with and enjoy all this nature...... well, that is just a blessing! My favorite part is seeing them interact with each other when we are out and about.  They really are becoming best friends, and I will keep encouraging that as much as I can with the things that we do together.  After all, this is that precious time they have solely with each other before they are off to school and in separate grade levels.  The way I look at it, I am setting the foundation for brother love and family quality time.  I absolutely love my mom-son days, and will strive to keep doing this as the boys get older.  

On this particular mommy-son day, last Wednesday, I had to drive up to Erie, PA to get my car serviced (closest BMW is about 45 minutes away!) so I thought since we have to go to Erie, why not take the boys to my favorite zoo?  Erie Zoo is my favorite now because its not so big and overwhelming like the San Diego Zoo, and not rinky dinky like the Santa Ana Zoo....... Erie Zoo has all the cool animals, and its laid out in between gardens, but you can easily find your way around, and there are so many play areas for the little ones!  Its truly a preschooler's dream zoo!

 Taj looking at the giraffes

 At the zoo playground.....

 Penguins!

 Zoo animal carousel!  Since Taj now loves the carousel, we ride it wherever we go!  His favorite animal at the zoo?  Zebra!   So that meant, riding the zebra on the carousel!

The Zoo has a kiddie train that takes you through the zoo, and through a nature preserve full of deer..... but because we are in Autumn now, the kiddie train only operates on the weekends :(  So, Taj got his train time watching the miniature trains .... this was a favorite for him next to riding the real one.

Now this below, was my favorite part of the zoo, Mama Gibbon with her baby attached to her belly.  The mama Gibbon swung back and forth while her little baby clung to her for dear life!:

Taj cannot stop talking about this giant orangutan!  He was a little frightened at first when she came right up to the window, inches from our faces and knocked on the window... but then she puckered her lips and blew him a kiss, and he blew one right back!  It was awesome!

Mama and Jax.... and a zebra butt behind us! :)