"Mama, Mama, is that a gowiwwa butt?"

So, we took the boys to the zoo the other day.

Mostly, it was enjoyable.

The weather was lovely.

Zj loved most of it.  I promise.  Even though he doesn't look like he's having much fun here, he really had a good time.  Really...

Cj loved endured most of it.

There were a few meltdowns, of course.

It's to be expected.

Most of the meltdowns, much to my surprise, came from cj.  He is usually the mild-mannered, go with the flow type, but not so much this day...

So, if you were at the Louisville Zoo on Friday, October 1, 2010 and you happened to be in the restrooms near the water park area around 12:45 pm and you happened to hear a small boy-child screaming an ear-piercing scream repeatedly, for many minutes, as he was being changed, I would like to extend my sincerest apologies.  I was not harming him in any way.   I was truly trying to help him by ridding him of the foul stench and gooey mess in his diaper.  In the very crowded restroom.  Which he took great exception to.  Again, my sincerest apologies to you all.

And if you happened to be on the carousel in the Louisville Zoo on October 1, 2010 at approximately 3:15 pm and you happened to hear a small boy-child screaming an ear-piercing scream repeatedly, for many minutes, I would again like to extend my sincerest apologies that your ride, which cost a buck and a half, was interrupted in such a way.  I would also like to point out that I am not usually one of those Mamas who forces her kids onto whatever ride or amusement is available just because it's there.  CJ showed great interest in the animals, so I believed that he might actually like to ride on one of them.  Clearly, it was a mistake on my part.  Sincere apologies all around.

But there were some high points as well.  

Like when zj asked me repeatedly, in his BEST OUTSIDE VOICE, if that was a "gowiwwa butt" he saw, and when I did not answer him quickly enough, began to inquire about said "gowiwwa butt" to all the other zoo patrons within shouting distance earshot.

The Dinosaur Exhibit was most awesome, and for zj, one of the highlights of the day.

In other news, we are planning to go back in a few weeks for The World's Largest Halloween Party.  

I'm a glutton for punishment, I guess.