Congrats to the grad...you monkeys belong in the ZOO!

In May, we hiked it (drove) down to attend Jaxson’s pre-k graduation. It is big time graduating pre-k and moving on to kindergarten! Kids are all funny, chaotic, and charming in their own little ways…Jaxson being no exception. His graduation was cute and there is a possibility we have a class clown on our hands? We stayed the night with Clay and Rachel and took him to the Little Rock zoo the next day… Kellen’s first trip to the zoo! Poor little guy didn’t get to see much, mostly chilled out in the travel system! He was good as always. Jaxson got to enjoy some friendly giraffes, some hungry prairie dogs and some obviously ecstatic chimpanzees. Jaxson is old hat at going to zoos. I can not wait until Kellen is big enough to be up and about watching the animals as I watch him… cant wait for those expressions and wide eyes as he spots flamingos and lions and hippos. Cant wait!! We did witness the traumatizing event of a little girl losing her flip flop. So sad  She walked up to an empty fenced in area where the bear was supposedly residing only to be disappointed that there was no bear. As she walked away from the railing her flip flop got stuck in the bottom bar and down, down it went into the empty water-way surrounding the bear cage. Oooooh she was not a happy camper. All day walking around the zoo with only ONE flip flop! This was a traumatic event. I do hope they were able to work this out. I’m guessing a $10 zoo ice cream cone or a $50 zoo stuffed animal might have appeased the situation  WE, on the other hand, had a semi close call. Jon only brought a few bucks cash in with him thinking he could use his ATM card…WRONG!

Jaxson had just eaten, but apparently the thought of a corn dog was overwhelming him. He was bound and determined to get a corn dog from that zoo! Fortunately for us, the monkeys were coming up next…and we just happened to get there at feeding time, so the zoo keeper was rallying them up! Whew, that was a close one. It was about to be drama city up in the animal kingdom! Monkeys going bananas would be an understatement. We were highly entertained. Well worth the zoo tickets on that day!!