Mom and Me at the Zoo.

The weekend before Mothers Day was an awesome day. We went to the ‘Mom and Me’ at the Zoo day, along with a majority of my family including my grandma, grandma Hunsaker. (Everyone made it except Toph, Dad and Tiff)

We got to wear awesome shirts, that if worn, got you a free ice cream, a craft, your face painted, a massage and admission into the zoo. It was such a nice time, I am so glad my mom suggested it.

Here is Amy and the boys waiting for everyone to come

We had a great time looking at the animals,
I love this pic of Tuck and Eric in the Monkey House.

And the tradition of ‘Measuring up’

Tucker later told me his favorite animal to see was the peacock, because it wasn’t in it’s cage. Love it!

And the only shot I have of all three kids, and you can’t even see Eli, oops!

The craft was a flower headband. These got made while I was feeding Elliot, so the boys made me one 🙂

No trip to the zoo is complete without a trip to the smelly reptile house. Grams stayed outside with Elliot, in an attmept to put him to sleep. (Elliot can’t stop smiling at her, and has a hard time going to sleep with her! How cute is that?)


And I was very grateful the whole day to have so many extra hands to help me keep track of these boys,

About this time Ry and his kids came, and we got in line to get our faces painted. It’s so fun to see the kids being cousins,

It was a little bit of a wait, and when it was finally our turn, Tuck decided that he wanted a snake,

And Truman decided he was afraid, but if I got one, he’d get one. So I did, but he was still nervous. In the end, he got one on his arm. Here are all the kids.

Amy was gracious enough to let Elliot sleep in the Bjorn while she packed him around…

And off to the carousel we went,


Sweet Elliot was so mellow, and enjoyed the stroller,

So when Trumans one request, to see the Giraffe, was met, we were okay to leave.

I love this picture, look at all those kids!

At the end of the end of the event, right before we left:

And when Christopher came to pick us up and saw me, he laughed, I am quite the sight to behold 🙂

It was a wonderful way to celebrate Motherhood and womanhood. I was so glad we went.