Memorial Day Weekend

I wanted to take Harrison to the beach for memorial day weekend, but things are just so much more expensive when you are dealing with three people rather than one (gone are the days when $135 paid for a week at duck beach....)!!! So instead we decided to go to the Wildlife World Zoo which is kind of the red-headed stepchild of the Phoenix Zoo out here. I used to go a lot as a kid and they've built an aquarium since then so I wanted to check it out. We had a great time. Despite near 100 degree temperatures a breeze allowed us to walk around a bit, visit the goats and deer (and one llama) at the petting zoo, and ride an awesome ghetto-fied train that actually goes through the exhibits (those swanky zoos never do that!)--and Harrison LOVED all of the fish at the aquarium. He also got his first taste of icee...YUM (and I made him say "icee" for the second bite....)

I left my phone at home (kind of freeing really) and just took a couple of shots with my phone so sorry there isn't much to memorialize the occasion.

snuggling with his "monkey leash" on the way over. He LOVES that thing...the other day he said "monkey" and took me over to it. He associates it with walks and exploring and FREEDOM (a bit restricted, but nonetheless)


Sorry about the vulgarity on the blog but these turtles (doing what turtles do...I guess...) werejust too funny

MMMMMM....FLUFFY WHITE CHERRY ICEE HEAVEN!!!!