It Took Long Enough...

But I finally got Fletcher to the zoo! Its been way too hot lately but on Monday I went out to get the mail and it was so nice with a cool breeze I thought that was the day so off we went! It wasn't very busy at all and even though it warmed up some during the afternoon it never got miserable. We slathered on the sunscreen and packed lots of fluids and snacks :)

Fletcher seemed most happy when he was not strapped into his stroller, which makes sense from his point of view, not so much from mine...so we made a compromise. Anything he pointed at and grunted and made his monkey face at I got him out to look at more closely. The rest he rode for...seemed to work out all right ;)

Fletcher meets the Komodo Dragon a la bronze.

His favorite for the whole trip I think (though its hard to know for sure...) were the orangutans.  He stood at that window talked and squealed and danced and made faces at them weather they were there to watch him or not. We could have spent the whole time there and I think he would have been happy. The big guy seemed more interested in napping while we were there, else I bet I could have gotten some awesome pictures...next time ;)

See? Riding in the stroller isn't ALL bad!

This was one exception to the above agreement...I'm not letting him loose in a gift shop yet.

The petting zoo was fun for Fletcher, he was really interested in the first goat...but after that he was much more interested in trying to get into their stable and weaving through them all like they were cones on a raceway.

I however was very interested in this beast...snoozing in the sun and not caring at all that his dentures were hanging out ;)

A first for Fletcher, the carousel!! A favorite of Mommy's...he was dubious at first...

But then it started going and he thought it was pretty cool :)

A pretty good time was had by Mommy and Fletcher...maybe we will check out the Nashville zoo next!