National ZOO

Our first official family-only outing since Livy was born was back in September:

to the NATIONAL ZOO!

Here's the play by play:

Walking out of the metro tunnel to find that it is pouring rain and walking the 3 or 4 blocks to the zoo entrance

Kylee telling us she needs to go to the bathroom with one block to go

Kylee having an accident at the entrance to the zoo while standing in the never-ending line to the girls bathroom (poor girl!)

Steve keeping the kids happy with snacks while I feed Olivia in a back hallway.

Checking out the Giant Pandas eating bamboo (totally cool!)

Trying to take a picture of the kids with the Giant Panda with no luck since the kids won't look at the camera at the same time

Steve backtracks with Kylee to the bathroom (again) and misses out on a close-up of the pandas

Seeing the lion and tiger and hearing them roar!! (totally cool!)

Cody and Kylee completely falling apart at the farthest point from the entrance and fighting over who gets to ride in the stroller for the long ride out.

Cody and Kylee surfing in the middle of the metro car aisle

Kylee falling apart again between the metro and our car adding an extra 15 minutes to our trek home.

Grabbing a pizza to go from Costco on the way home to feed our hungry and exhausted selves ASAP

Sitting around our table at home devouring pizza and laughing our heads off when Cody said, "That was so fun! Why didn't we stay longer?"

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And here are the 5 lovely pictures to prove that we had a grand old time with our arms full of kids, snacks, and gear. Cody and Kylee are the only ones pictured, but BELIEVE ME, we were ALL there.

Smile!