Zoo

The girls had Friday (10/21/2011) off! Yeah! We decided to take advantage of our zoo membership. The girls weren't very excited, as they felt they were to old for going there. I knew they were going to be the ones enjoying it the most, so we went anyway, and opa and oma got to follow along! We went backwards this time, meaning we started with the playground. Jasper enjoyed cimbing the rope-ladder the most, as well as watching the carroussel and train in the background. Espen liked the slide. Ofcourse the girls had a blast, especially on the 4-person seesaw. They especially liked playing the boss, telling the little kids whose turn it was, how long they could stay on adn which seat was for whom, and then they would push the seesaw as hard as the kids would allow them to (thye did ask!). We went to the petting zoo, which they still enjoy as much as the first time I took them (they were probably not even 1 year old). Espen and Jasper liked it too, and got to brush the goats and sheep. We pretty much saw all the animals they had, including a posing Giraf, a baby giraf, a baby gorilla, and a very loudly roaring lion. We were there for more than 4 hours, and nothing but smiles! As a surprise all of them got to ride the train (yeah, the 'all-grown-up' girls were sitting up front enjoying the 5 minute high speed (7 mph) train ride), the caroussel, and climb the rock-climbing wall (Jasper was too little so he got to go on the train again, this time with his opa). We were all tired, but had a blast. Sofia then got to ride again on DJ, the rest of us went to Sam's club for a hard earned ice-cream, and then we were treated to a delicious hibachi dinner at Kobe's by my parents. What an amazing day! I couldn't be happier to have the whole crowd together, and would rather go out 1/2 the time with dinner and a show (the hibachi style cooking show), then go more often and miss that (although not cooking is pretty high up on my wish-list). The kids love the show and are so entertained, they behave perfectly and love the quite healthy food! Thank you so much opa en oma!

Here many pictures of our time at the zoo, as well as of a previous time with just the boys.