Tuesday, June 28, 2016

The zoo

On Saturday, Emma had a fever, so she had to stay at the hotel and rest while Evan and I went to the zoo. It was probably for the best, since we walked a ton and I have no doubt that Emma would be that child that's suddenly frolicking in the panda enclosure.
Most of these pictures are an animal in the background and Evan's head in the foreground. He made me take pictures of everything! He's never been to a zoo, so it was a really big deal to him. He was most excited to see the tigers, lions, and the zebras, but he had an awesome time seeing all of the animals.

Some sort of primates that look like skunks

Bald eagles

The tiger!!

The tiger walked right in front of Evan! He was so excited!

 

They have a series of "trails" above the zoo for lions, tigers, and monkeys. If you look closely, you can see a lion resting up above the people. We actually walked under it, but I was a little concerned about getting peed on and didn't manage to get a picture.

Evan was delighted that the peacock was on the loose. He thought it was cool.

There's Evan down there checking out the gorilla

Bad picture, but there's a gorilla eating a cardboard box right in front of Evan. Evan thought it was hilarious.

He's smiling because that's a snake behind him. I hate snakes. I tried to talk him out of going into the snake habitat. "Nobody likes snakes. Snakes are boring. Let's go back to the tigers!!" No luck. And one happy boy enjoying teasing his mommy with snakes.


"Look mom! More snakes!"


In front of a big cobra statue. He thought it was funny that the light looked like a beard of slime when I showed him the picture.


The hot air balloon, which I am DEFINITELY going on if we ever go back! So cool!

Meerkats!


The rhino and zebra

Touching some sort of warthog statue

The giraffe


The sea otter dove in right in front of Evan. He thought that was cool.

And we couldn't leave without a spider man ice cream!

Monday, June 27, 2016

Please Touch Museum


While in Philadelphia, we visited the "Please Touch" museum! It was a beautiful building with two floors of fun things for the kids to do. They had a great time!

13 more years Emma...

A future mechanic?

Talking on the phone from the Curious George desk
Emma loved the grocery store. She got to shop and then "check out" her groceries

Driving the digger! It was really a robotic digger with 3 controls! It was pretty cool, but apparently it's just for the "kids".

Filling a car with "gas"

This was Evan's favorite - the construction site. He loved loading the "cement" bricks onto the conveyor belt

Emma in Wonderland



"Yo lady! Wanna Italian Ice?"

Emma in the Wonderland maze


Playing in the water area. They had tons of spots for the kids to put ducks down the river or sail boats


At the duck pond. Emma would put hers in and blow on it.

The carousel, of course! Have to go to the carousel.

Looking at herself in the mirror

A mommy and Emma "selfie" on the carousel (she usually likes the horses, but this time she wanted to ride in the chair)

The Curious George exhibit

Evan giving Emma one of George's bunnies


Evan as the man with the yellow hat at his drawing board


Helping Curious George wash the windows

Two curious little monkeys


Shoveling coal on the train (according to Emma, she was shoveling poop, but we're pretty sure it was supposed to be coal)


Evan made some friends

We had a fun time!!