Austin Zoo

Our first trip to the zoo was this morning! Austin has a rescue zoo (so it's fairly small compared to other zoos and very rural/hilly/bumpy terrain, but still has stuff like cougars, tigers, bears, etc.) The boys' favorite thing were actually the birds - any and every kind of bird they had. They loved that the birds made loud obnoxious noises - the noisier and more obnoxious the better! They loved the monkeys too. And since they know what sound the monkeys make, every time they saw one they would say "ooo ooo eee eee aaa aaa."

We went to the zoo for a picnic with the moms of multiples group I belong to so the place was packed with twins and triplets everywhere you turned. And it was a HOT day for the zoo - the actual "real feel" temp for the day hit around 109. So we were sweating like crazy (the boys clothes were literally SOAKED with sweat by the time we left), but we still had fun!

Of course I forgot to pull the camera out except for a quick video clip of Mason laughing at the geese. Even though he was miserably hot at that point, he still had some giggles left for the geese! Notice at the end of the video clip right before I turned off the camera where Mason says "cheese!" - whenever he spots the camera pointed at him now he says "cheese!" There is another very short clip of him saying cheese again before we rolled off.