We met up with my Sister-in-Law last week and had some fun at the zoo! She had to work nearby, so we met up at the zoo so she could drop off my nephew and then went to work. They spent a few days at our house! I love this zoo, but we have to get there early because it's just too hot in Palm Springs after noon, even in May.
My nephew is 3 (and a half!) so we went straight to the Discovery Room, mostly because it is indoors and it was already starting to get pretty hot.
This has always been one of Tom's favorite places at any museum or zoo. He could spend hours examining every single thing inside.
I think my nephew enjoyed having the full attention of his cousins. They were happy to have someone to show everything too. I have to say it was pretty awesome to watch.
The playground had a place to pan for 'gold' and my boys are pros at that. They helped their cousin find bits of things and he put them all in his pockets to show to Mom.
And water play is always fun. My boys are getting a little big for this kind of thing, makes mom's of littles nervous with those big boys hanging around, but today they HAD to help their cousin! And they were happy to play right along side him.
The day was long and hot and we were all ready to get out of the heat by 1pm. My nephew is a lot of fun even when he is tired, so we had a great day and my sons got some first hand experience with him they hadn't had before. What's funny to me is that they had so much fun and wanted to go back and do it again, which we did on Saturday!
We had lunch at Carl's Jr. on the way home and the boys had fun playing with cheeseburgers and making faces with french fries. Jake wasn't hungry, so he just had some soda and a few fries from his brother. His cousin was "still thirsty" after his first cup of soda, so Jake ran and refilled his cup with water. He told me he didn't think he needed more soda really since he was thirsty and not really eating and his cousin didn't ask for another soda, he just said he was thirsty. He's going to be a great Dad. And he told me on the way home that he wasn't going to play his regular video games because they had a lot of swearing and blood, it might scare him. I almost died of adorable!
There was much puppet play which their cousin seemed to really enjoy. Of course, the puppets were trying to eat each other. They were all predators...but not prey.
I think my nephew enjoyed having the full attention of his cousins. They were happy to have someone to show everything too. I have to say it was pretty awesome to watch.
For the first time, Tom had to stand next to the little guy on Merry-Go-Round. He was pretty proud to be a "practicing dad" for the afternoon.
The playground had a place to pan for 'gold' and my boys are pros at that. They helped their cousin find bits of things and he put them all in his pockets to show to Mom.
And water play is always fun. My boys are getting a little big for this kind of thing, makes mom's of littles nervous with those big boys hanging around, but today they HAD to help their cousin! And they were happy to play right along side him.
The day was long and hot and we were all ready to get out of the heat by 1pm. My nephew is a lot of fun even when he is tired, so we had a great day and my sons got some first hand experience with him they hadn't had before. What's funny to me is that they had so much fun and wanted to go back and do it again, which we did on Saturday!
We had lunch at Carl's Jr. on the way home and the boys had fun playing with cheeseburgers and making faces with french fries. Jake wasn't hungry, so he just had some soda and a few fries from his brother. His cousin was "still thirsty" after his first cup of soda, so Jake ran and refilled his cup with water. He told me he didn't think he needed more soda really since he was thirsty and not really eating and his cousin didn't ask for another soda, he just said he was thirsty. He's going to be a great Dad. And he told me on the way home that he wasn't going to play his regular video games because they had a lot of swearing and blood, it might scare him. I almost died of adorable!
