Yo!

I couldn't help myself, this little guy is just so cute!  He loves this hat & this is how he chooses to wear it.  Makes me think a little bit of Vanilla Ice mixed with Falvor Flav except instead of a clock necklace he has a whistle!

Zoo Trip Part II

Here are a few more pictures from our first zoo trip.  With us having the membership, we can go as often as we want and never pay again, not bad for $99!  We went again last weekend, I'll put those pictures in a seperate post though, don't want you guys to get pictured out!

Look!  Proof that I went!

I wonder if they could stab themselves in the back if they jerked wrong?

I love how they have it set up where it's easy to feel real close to the animals.

For $5, you can get 9 pieces of lettuce to feed the giraffes.  We contemplated it but we weren't sure if Jack would get scared & we also didn't have cash.  Maybe next time!

Their stripes are amazing!

Took a lot of finagling to get this shot.

Lookit him sitting!  Their habitat was pretty awesome, a big waterfall, huge space.  2 Bears shared it and the wolves were next door.  They are working on a 13 acre Tundra development that will be full of trails and habitats, I can't wait to see it!  As members, we'll get a sneak peek.

The wolves were pretty warm, they did perk up when Jack barked at them though.

What a rack!

This guy was in a Native American village habitat area, I didn't get a lot of pictures cause that's when it started raining.  Thankfully there was a covered area we were able to pass the storm in.

I just love how these bears sit!

Rawr!  There's a Polar Bear cam on the memphis zoo website.  You can also watch the Pandas.

My camera did not even come close to capturing the beautiful color of these flamingos.

Don't touch my sticks!

I like his necklace...

Both times we've gone to the zoo this guy has been in this exact spot/pose.

I think the penguins were my second favorite after the otters.

These are the same fish we had in our aquarium back in VA, Jordan thought it was funny that it was at the zoo.

Who knew piranhas were so sparkly?

He sat there with his toe like that for a long time, he didn't move a muscle.

Poor kitty was hot.

Jack's First Day

We went to take a tour of the preschool on Monday, to see what we thought about it as far as enrolling Jack.  This is the Pond area, the 3 year olds are in the Pond.

On Wednesday, we went to check out his classroom & meet his teachers.  This is the door to his room.

There were a few other people there for the meet & greet.  Jack had fun checking out all the toys.

A long view of his room, a sink is behind me.  There's a building area, dress up area, kitchen, puzzles, and reading.  It's split up so that the kids can be spread out in groups so they can play without being all up on each other.

This is Ms. Kris, she's the assistant teacher.

This is Ms. Donna.  Carl really wanted to tear that place up!

Jack's cubby.

First Day!

Carl was pretty interested in what big brother was doing.  Jack is super into Batman these days...

Gimme!

First thing in the morning, the kids go straight back to the sink & wash their hands.

Jack was immediately drawn to the play-doh that was laid out on a table.

Unfortuntaely, he didn't stay content and when I finally slipped out, hoping to make it to the car before my stinging eyes turned to gushing eye, he came out of the room looking for me.  Ms. Kris was really good with him though and she sent me a text a little bit after we got home with a picture of him smiling & playing with play-doh.  I definitely needed to see that!

I peeked through the window when I went to pick him up, he was "talking" on a phone, wonder who he was calling?  Ms. Donna said he was ready and by the door waiting for me first thing.

He drew me a picture and they had them put their handprints on a paper with a sweet little poem on it.  I look forward to all the little crafts he bring home!