We took a quick side trip up to Chicago while we were in Illinois. We went up for the annual cousins' reunion for my side of the family. We spent the night and on Sunday took the kids to Lincoln Park Zoo. It was hot and the boys complained until we got into the zoo and saw the tiger in its exhibit. Then, it was all good. Until they were hungry-then we had more drama. So we fed the crew and Liam had an apporx 45 min meltdown. I'm sure everyone else in the zoo cafe liked hearing it. We did sit back in a corner where no one else was sitting. After eating we walked through another animal house, rode the merry-go-round and called it a day. We were hot and sweaty and ready to go back to Decatur. In the end, the boys did like the museum. I know they liked the tiger, the monkeys and the seals they saw. I know we did not see everything, but the cool thing is that Lincoln Park Zoo is free-you just pay to park. With that in mind, I didn't feel bad about possibly not walking around the whole zoo. We got back to Decatur and the cousins were all excited to see each other again even though we had only been gone a day and a half. It was very cute to see how excited they were to see each other.
These pictures are stacked kind of crazy. On the merry-go-round, Cale was super-excited to ride the black panther. Ewan rode with Andy on the bench animal and Marcus rode a tiger. Liam was sleeping in his stroller. I guess the lunch-time tantrum wore him out. Kella was sleeping, too.
The end result of the zoo: 3 tired, awake, hot boys; 2 sleeping children. Andy was able to put Liam into the car without him waking up. Of course, he woke up as soon as he heard his brothers voices-probably arguing about something. I call this trip a success! I'm glad we did it.
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