The zoo & videos! A must see:)

Seth has school every Tuesday & Thursday in downtown Portland. Sometimes he drives himself, other times I drive him so I can have the car. Today, we decided I would drive him & take Kimmie to the zoo since it is only a few minutes from his school. It has been really nice outside so we figured we better go before it starts raining all the time. So, we dropped Seth off & headed to the zoo! Since it was early in the morning, it was kind of chilly. I am so glad I brought Kimmie's blanket. At first she was nervous around the animals. When I took her out of her stroller she clung to my pants & didn't want to get too close to the fence. All that changed when we got to the Sea Lions! She was still careful not to get too close to the glass, so instead she stood in front of me and just watched....and watched....and watched until I eventually pulled her away (at which point she started to scream) Luckily kids forget fast and by the time we reached the next exhibit she forgot why she was crying. We walked around & saw all the fun animals. We also went in to see the birds. They fly all around you & sometimes land on you. Kimmie loves birds, CAW was one of the first animal sounds she made. She really enjoyed being in with the birds & would have stayed there all day but I was afraid of being pooped on so we only stayed a few minutes:) Here are some more pictures from our day at the zoo (and one of Kimmie trying to drink my water).......

I have mentioned before the animal sounds Kimmie says & things Seth has taught her. It is very hard to get it on video because she always stops when she sees the camera. But, today we were able to capture some on film! She says 8 different animal sounds right now (dog, cat, cow, bear, bird, sheep, owl & thumper she wiggles her nose). We are working on monkey now, it is so funny when she tries to do it! We have a lot of videos, but it takes too long to upload so I narrowed them down to two. Enjoy!


kitty cat, dog, cow & bear

What does Mommy say & stinky Cyndy