The last Wednesday of the month during the winter months admission is free at the Hogle Zoo. Since February is the last month they offer it and it was going to be a half decent day I decided to attempt the impossible. I'm happy to report that I did it! I didn't lose either children or my mind by taking them both to the Zoo by myself! Usually Wal-Mart is more than I can handle with both of them but I threatened them with their life if they ran away from me and they did so great! I didn't even have to buckle either of them in the stroller! They would get off, look at the animals and hop back on! They did so great and my confidence at taking them places was given a huge boost! 
I personally love watching the monkeys so we spent a long time watching them run around, pick each others fleas and eat their veggies!
If you don't know, Jack has a major aversion to monkeys. He is scared to death that there are monkeys at my Mom's house. Now she has about a million cats but definitely no monkeys. One day he swore he saw some running up the wood pile while we were at her house and was seriously almost hyperventilating about it! I was so surprised that he wasn't scared of the monkeys at the zoo and spent a long time looking at them. He was a little concerned when one of them came right up to his face by the glass but luckily no freak outs!
It was a real feeling of accomplishment when we left the zoo with no one screaming and me not wanting to pull my hair out! I know that may not sound like much of an accomplishment if you haven't attempted taking the both of them out in public and needing them to behave like humans and not monkeys! I am hoping this is a sign of them growing up and that we can have many more fun adventures like this during the summer!
2 comments:
I totally know what that feeling is like- the crazy feeling of being held captive by two small people that you can't really take anywhere and the freedom of finally getting to a point where you can actually do it. Grandma used to beg me not to take them both to town because she was sure I'd lose Rigdon (code Adam called more than once at WalMart). Seriously don't know how you've done it without Grandma a mile down the rode!
I can't believe I didn't think to send you a link to this when my friend sent it a couple weeks ago. I laughed so hard I was crying and my kids thought I'd lost it. It's so, so funny cause it's true. The part about the goats and the van....
http://blogs.babble.com/being-pregnant/2011/01/06/11-step-program-to-prepare-you-for-parenthood/
You're awesome! There is a little truth to it getting easier as they get a little older. Just a little! I still prefer to go to the store alone, but will take them with me! Way to go... taking them to the place where you don't have to entertain, but where they are entertained by wild animals! Maybe Jack will love monkeys now?
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