Wild times at the zoo

A few weeks ago, Ben and I went on his school-wide field trip to the zoo. It was a sunny and hot morning, and Ben seemed a little overwhelmed at times, but he was a trooper.

(didn't realize we were doing tough-guy faces here)

I wasn't sure if he was into the sealion show, but the picture I took to investigate shows how closely he was paying attention. Wonder what he's thinking...

"No, I did not know that's how they do that. Thanks trainerman."

While he did spend a good deal of time like this:
it was fun to release him to explore on his own for the first time.

"That's a big kitty cat!"

What does a lion say Ben?

"Aaaaaa"

"Here, birdie, birdie, birdie..."

And then all the flamingos stuck their necks straight up and started honking and Ben tore away from that fence and behind me as fast as those little legs could carry him.

"Yikes! Do you think they heard me?"

He was tired too, which was weird because he kinda slept in that day. He was conked out by the time we pulled out of the zoo parking lot and stayed that way through most of the picnic held back at the school.

Then when he woke up, he downed a ton of baked beans.

That's all he ate!

Apparently, all the teachers know that they are his favorite and to double bib him on baked-bean days. His mother did not!

It was a fun morning together, and I'm looking forward to getting back soon...with lots of sunscreen and water.