Zoo, Water, and Friends

Last Thursday my friend, Sarah, and I loaded up our boys and headed to the zoo in Alexandria. We had been wanting to take a trip with all three boys since school let out in May, but we're both pretty busy and this was the first week that both of us were free. The trip there wasn't bad at all. Clayton, Cooper, and Eli are all stair steps of each other. Clayton is about to be 3, Eli is about to be 2, and Cooper is about to be 1. They all sat by each other in the backseat of Sarah's car and played, talked, and snacked the whole way to Alexandria. We got to the zoo and took a picture of the boys before we went in to see the animals. As you can tell in this picture and in all the other pictures we attempted to take of all three boys, it's not easy to get 3 little boys to look at the camera at the same time.


The zoo in Alexandria isn't that big, but it's a good size for little boys who have short attention spans. Plus, there weren't a lot of people there so Clayton and Eli were able to walk around without bumping into people. We were able to keep those two boys contained in their strollers for about five animals, but then after that, they both wanted down so they could explore. Clayton was so good with Eli. He treated him like his little brother and would hold his hand as they walked and point out different animals to him. Eli loved being able to hang with a big boy!





The best part for the boys was feeding the HUMONGOUS koi near the train stop. Those fish go crazy for that fish food!



Next for us was the train ride around the zoo. Eli and Clayton both enjoyed getting to see all the animals from the comfort of the train. Cooper also woke up and loved getting some time out of the stroller for a little bit.














The weather was incredibly hot, so we made sure to keep the boys very hydrated the entire day. This bear seemed to have the right idea to keep cool!


Before we left, we attempted to take another picture of the three boys. You can see how that turned out!



After the zoo, we took the boys to McDonald's where they gobbled up their chicken nuggets and french fries and then we went to the park next to the zoo. They have an awesome water area for kids in the middle of the park that was perfect for our three little boys to cool off and have fun.
The best part about all this is that the water park was FREE!


Yet another attempt to take a picture of our three boys...another failed attempt that is!










We stayed at the water park for about an hour, but towards the end of that hour Eli started to get really clingy. Usually when that happens it means he's super tired. Sarah and I loaded up the boys and in mere minutes of being in the car, my son had asked for his pacifier and his eyes looked like this...


After about 10 minutes of being in the car, this is what the backseat looked like...three extremely tired little boys :)





We arrived home safe and sound and made plans to have more fun together the very next day!