Zoo

Since Friday was officially the last day of my maternity leave we tried to cram in as much fun as possible. We headed out for the first zoo trip of the year. It was a little chilly and windy so Emmett stayed in the stroller pretty much all morning. The stroller makes him all snugly and drowsy so it almost felt like he wasn't there because he slept nearly the entire time. We were able to check out the new children's zoo and it was nice except for the bloodthirsty macaws lining either side of the entrance. Thank goodness they were caged because they sounded more like pterodactyls and they were rather aggressive. It was an interesting choice for the children's area to say the least. Miles wanted to see elephants, but they are still vacationing in Tulsa. Next on his list were the ducks. Seriously, bears, monkeys, lions, Miles is always underwhelmed, but he thoroughly enjoys ducks. The zoo has so much to see and since we were trying to do it all before nap time we skipped a lot. It's okay though because we plan to be back lots more times.






The second half of our day revolved around food. Casey and I have been enjoying Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution which airs Friday nights on ABC. Apparently Jamie Oliver is more persuasive than I am because Casey has taken an interest in healthy eating. He even purchased one of Jamie's cookbooks which is really just astounding if you know Casey and have seen what he eats. So Friday Casey decided to cook us dinner all on his own. He selected a recipe, made the shopping list, we shopped together, and then he prepared dinner all by himself. It was a real dinner too, not just a frozen pizza and it was good.