The Zoo

Tonight we made a family trip to the zoo. It was fun and the kids enjoyed it. Jaideyn was very nervous about the idea (she couldn't even eat her dinner!) She does not remember going to the zoo and in her mind there were going to be animals walking all over the place and she did not understand that they are in cages. But, when we started walking around she relaxed a bit and we all enjoyed the night!
The petting zoo was a bit of a problem for the kids. We do everything that we possibly can to get them used to animals, (short of getting a pet- of course) but we have failed this far! As my sister-in-law says - she is convinced it's genetic because all 3 of the kids suffer from a fear of animals for no apparant reason! Avery wanted nothing to do with petting the goats!
Jaideyn wouldn't even look at them! And Jackson wouldn't even go into the petting zoo area!

But this smile represents the whole night. We all had a great time and enjoyed family time at the zoo!