The Zoo as a Fam

We love the MN Zoo so much that we have a yearly pass.  While Dad had a weekend off from ball, we took the ladies there.  Unfortunately, our favorite Grizzley Bears were snoozing away, but we still had fun.  The bird show outside is pretty cool...though, the girls kept asking, "When are we done?". ;)  I guess I liked it more than they did. 

Dad had to go down the slide with Jorey because she wasn't going alone...that was funny seeing him try to fit down there and get out...

We brought out the slip & slide that afternoon, and Macy just couldn't get momentum, so Mom had to run with her and try to shove her down the slide...eventually, she got the hang of it and it was pretty cute.  

A Crazy Monkey, Kids Dancing at a bar...and, Mom's night out.

What a weekend.  First, a couple friends and I tried out Baby Loves Disco.  We got the kiddos there in their Jammies for the 5th Anniversary PJ party.  Then, the confusion started.  It was at Club Envy and we walked into the bar with a dance floor, but there were no dancers.  Then, we went up to another area, played in some tents, etc. until that got crowded, ventured around the bend to the back side of the bar, where the party was pumpin'.  They had food on the bar, tons of juice boxes and kid friendly snacks.  The DJ, however, was located at the end of a long, narrow passageway that was to be the dance floor.  There was no fighting my way through the crowd to get Macy and Jorey on the dance floor to win them their new PJs because they couldn't even see a dancer and only had eyes for balloons.  After 3 lost balloons, a 30 minute wait in the face painting line (only to lose interest and go so far away that mom had to lose her spot in line), and a few dances in bubbles, the girls had had enough.  I'm going to rank it a 5 out of 10.  Cool idea - bad bar to have it in...funny.  Bad bar to have the kid party...huh?

Saturday night, Auntie Amy came over to hang with the girls.  We were still down a member of the Fry family, due to hunting obsessions.  Mom went out with two of her other favorite goyles, Melissa Gaulrapp and Nina Huntington.  Who knew that Elko Speedway had a bar...and not just any bar...a big one with 2 bars and a stage...and they had G.B. Leighton!  woot woot!  We took a picture every hour...here's a couple of my favorites.

Look who got to sing 'Come and Get Your Love' with Brian!  Ooh la la!

The following day, I licked my wounds from the night before and ventured out to the MN Zoo with the girls and our friend Misty and James (aka Big Jim).  The monkeys were CRAZY! They were screaming and jumping and swinging around the branches.  I've never seen anything like it!  Here are some shots from the day. Please note Big Jim...I did all my favorite stupid faces, dances, etc...not a smile.  Not a single, stinkin' smile...It got so funny by the end of the day. 

I love the Minnesota Zoo!