Oscar got the week off from work when we got back to her place. It was really special because she wasn't supposed to get the time off originally. When she called me about our travel plans for the summer so her boss could make out schedules, I told her that I was fairly sure we'd be coming in July but surely not June. Eek! Our plans changed as soon as Richard's orders came through and we ended up going up for the entire (nearly) month of JUNE after all! Holly (mom's boss) graciously shared her with us for the whole week! It was AWESOME!
Since she had the time we decided to head up to Green Bay to get a little more time with my Aunt Lisa, Cousin Alissa, and Alissa's little one, Harper. We went to eat a nice lunch and then headed to the zoo! Unfortunately Alissa had to leave for a family emergency (on her hubby's side) so she didn't get to stay at the zoo with us, but Harper and Lisa did! Alissa was exactly where she needed to be though and lost her father-in-law the next day. She needed to be with her husband and we got to see her when she came all the way down to my mom's to see us the weekend we first got in to WI, plus we got lunch with her and she let us steal her baby girl and her own mommy for the day!
Jansen rode the merry-go-round at the entrance to the zoo. He rode on the Giraffe which is Oscar's favorite (and it was also stationary so Mommy didn't have to try to hold on while he was going up and down too)!
He almost looked at the camera, but every time we got close he looked away. I think it was intentional!
Jonathan found the first statue to pose on/with. At all the zoos we go to he always finds the fun statues! Here he is on the turkey!! Oh and you can see the other turkey in the shot in the purple shirt in the background.... that's Auntie Lisa!!
Jansen must do everything Jonathan does so he too posed on the turkey with his brother's watchful eye there to assist if necessary!
"Oh My Gosh! Oscar did you see that?" - This is at the prairie dogs exhibit. Both Jansen and Harper had their grandmothers attention when they saw some of the little 'dogs" antics!
Just a cool natural shot of Oscar and Jan-Man when they didn't know I was snapping pics! Such a fun day and they were so happy to explore together!
Harper has and affection for the little zoo chairs that they have scattered around. She's so cute! She looks at the boys and says, "Whose sitting with me this time?" and then we are to take a picture! She's so funny and soooooo much like her mom at that age! What fun that we got to spend the day with her! Noah was the first taker for the pic.
Jansen got the next shot with Miss Harper, but he didn't seem to mind one bit! Isn't she such a little lady? Especially next to my 100% boy! ;oD
My 'lil penguins. It's funny to look closely at Jansen in this one. Noah was holding him up so he could have his face in a slot and be in the pic with Jonathan, but you can see Noah's feet are WAY too big for Jansen under the placard! This one makes me giggle every time!
Harper had those boys wrapped around her little finger. Here they were making sure she didn't fall off the giraffe in the picture, and then helped her down like a little princess when the pic was done.
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