When daddy's away...

...we go to the zoo!

Andrew and Tab went out of town for a football game, so Erika, Sarah and I loaded the kids up and headed to the Dallas Zoo on Friday.  Here we are...35 minute drive, 6 kids, one "accident" in her panties (she shall remain nameless but thank goodness it wasn't Kensington!), one infant diaper change, and three strollers later, we enter the zoo.  All 5 big kids have suckers as a reward for getting from the car to the entrance peacefully.  (Yes, we are moms that bribe!)

Sarah and Erika taking pictures of the kids

Nixon offering me a bite of his sucker.  Sweet boy.  My kids would fight me to the death if I asked to sample their suckers.

Look how close we were to the lions!  The Dallas Zoo is notorious for animal escapes...seriously...I can see why!

Look at Erika's expression in the back.  (Behind K's head)  I laughed so hard when I saw this picture.  Erika thought it would be a great idea to put all the kids in this old jeep and snap a photo.  As you can tell from Erika's face...not a great idea.  :)

Hello?!  The giraffes were close enough to pet and feed!

Me and my boy!

We ended up putting Ebby Lee and Kensington in my stroller and the boys in Erika's stroller.  They way preferred that!  I love these two Ugg feet!

So much more fun sitting with a friend then a little brother!

Nixon will eat anything from anyone...here he is charming Molly for a bite.

I was trying to take a picture of the boys in their stroller but as you can see, Nixon is still eating out of Molly's hand.

We are also those moms that completely disregard the railing.  Our kids go right up to the glass.

Love him!

We ended the day with a ride on the carousel.

 

I love this picture.  Don't they look "done"!  Ebby Lee is mid hair bow ripping out, Smith is stealing something from Nixon and I'm pretty sure Kensington is moving Molly away from her.  We did have the best time though.  We heart the zoo!

We came home from the zoo, took naps, showered and changed and then headed to the mall.  We had 3 kid's meals, 3 sugar cookies, browsed some stores and had the best time together.  Even though we really missed Daddy, we managed to have a lot of fun!

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