A WiLd DaY!!!

It finally cooled off here enough to be outside without melting, so we decided to go on a family outing to the zoo. We love the zoo... Kaleb and I have been countless times over the past year or two, meeting friends for play dates, and always have a great time!

We met at Uncle Rog's (K now calls him Uncle Garage) beforehand to meet up with Randy and Ayden and just to visit. Since we don't normally go to the zoo from that part of town, we asked Randy to lead the way. Well, we got lost in a crazy part of Tempe and ended up taking a left hand turn through construction when there was a HUGE sign saying not to. Two minutes later we see a cop pull out and Randy gets pulled over. Luckily the cop was nice and pretty much let him go.

So now we're at the zoo and visiting our first animal... the elephants. Randy, Ayden, Ben & Kaleb were up close by the fence and I was in the shade with Dylan when a woman comes up to me frantically and says, "Who's child is that?!?" I look up and sure enough, there's a little hispanic kid INSIDE the fence of the elephant area. Another mom got the little boy to come to the fence (which Ben says is electronic) and lifted him back to safety. He could have easily fallen 10 feet or so to where the elephants actually are, but luckily didn't. Randy's comment was classic, "They're used to jumping fences."

So we go about the rest of the day, enjoying the animals and being outside together. It got kind of warm, so we let A & K go to the splash pad. Randy and I were sitting on a bench under a tree with Dylan when I felt something wet on my arm. I look at it and Randy convinced me it was tree sap. Like an idiot, I stay there and we keep chatting. 10, 15 minutes go by and something else lands on my shoulder... no doubt about it this time, four huge disgusting blobs of bird poo land on my shoulder, back and arm and of course, I'm wearing a white shirt! So, needless to say I was done with the zoo. We scooped the boys up, Ben bought me a really fashionable Phoenix Zoo tshirt, and we were on our way. Whew! What a WiLd and CrAzY day!!!