Two Kids and the Zoo...

Last Friday I took Jovin and Mayer to the zoo. Oh, boy was that fun. :) Jovin does really well staying near me and I never have to chase after him anymore. So I put Mayer in the stroller, it was almost nap time anyway so I figured he'd sleep in the stroller. Boy was I wrong. He wanted to walk around like Jovin. So I figured if I let Mayer walk around for a while he'll get really tired and want to ride in the stroller. Wrong again! He walked the whole time we were at the zoo. :) He stayed near me and held hands with Jovin too. It was really cute.


They went and played on the little playground they had there. It was cute, I think they did that longer than the time we spend looking at animals. :)


We got to ride on the carousel too. It was pretty windy there and they closed it after our ride. I'm glad they waited until we rode, cause I promised the boys we'd ride it before we left the zoo. :)
It was fun, we missed Cor and Pierce they were spending some time at home. :) We'll take them with us next time. :)

On the way home we got stuck in traffic. It was really upsetting to Jovin. He kept telling me to go faster and move into another lane so we could go faster. I'm a little concerned about when he gets to the age to drive. I think he'll have some road rage problems. :) This is a pic of him yelling at the drivers around us to "Get out of my Momma's way!" (Isn't he sweet!)

Then the last 20 minutes home they both crashed. :) Ah, the quiet part of the trip. :)

Saturday at the Zoo

So it has been a long time since I have posted anything... I know I'm terrible! We have done some exciting things.
We went to the zoo one Saturday and Jovin got to ride on the merry-go-round. He was so excited to finally go on it, and I took him up to pick an animal to ride on and he got scared. Why? Well it didn't help that every animal on the stupid merry-go-round looked as if it was ready to eat you. They all had their mouths open and teeth barred. When I would try and suggest and animal to sit on he told me they were "scary". I finally got around to the side with the giraffe. Luckily he didn't look ready to eat us and I got him on it. Unfortunately he didn't go up and down. He was the ONLY one that didn't move. Oh well, Jovin was so distracted by the other animals surrounding him he didn't notice that he wasn't going up and down. He finally really started to enjoy the ride by the time it was over... hopefully next time he will pick one that isn't too scary for him and he can go up and down while spinning around.


Then the boys (Cory, Jovin and Mayer) spent some time in a big play house with slides at he zoo while I fed Pierce.


We went pretty early to the zoo that day so by 10ish it was over 100 degrees so we went home to cool off.

Afternoon at the Zoo

Cor & Jovin
Mayer peaking at me.
Jovin drinking from the water bottle like the "big boy" he is.
Mayer getting tired... about two minutes later he fell right asleep.
Saturday we decided that 80 degrees was a perfect temperature to go out to the zoo. It was a great. We saw most of the animals. Jovin even went to the potty at the zoo.

FYI - Jovin is pretty much potty trained now. YEA! It took a long week of spending a lot of time in the bathroom, but he has been doing wonderfully. He earned a lot of Hot Wheel cars, mini M&M's and stickers. He even went twice at church yesterday! For me it was really stressful experience, but it was TOTALLY worth it.

Visitors

Cory's Mum and sister (Tasha) came down on the 29th for a couple of days to visit. Here are some pictures of them and some of the things we did.

Jovin, Cor, Ang, Tasha, and Mayer (in the stroller) at the Phoenix Zoo Lights.
Tasha and Mayer
Mum and Mayer
Mesa Temple Lights
Ang, Mayer & Jovin
Mum and Jovin
Like father like son.

We also went to see National Treasure, and Tasha went to the New Year's Even Dance with the Young Women in our ward. We really enjoyed having them here and bringing in 2008 with them too.