I had a good race and enjoyed running through Moorestown's fancy neighborhoods on a pretty summery morning. Meanwhile, the kiddies hung out with Daddy while munching on snacks and cheering on the runners. They even caught up with Mommy near the finish - what a boost to see these little munchkins!
After the race, Sean helped me out with the post-race refreshments, of course:
After stopping home for a short while, we took the babies to the Philadelphia Zoo! Right away we saw monkeys and a variety of small mammals, including this little guy:
Our friends Erin and Demetri came along and we sure appreciated the extra hands and eyes looking out for the Sooy Babies. Sean wanted to see everything at once while Clare was happy to look at one exhibit for a nice long while. For example, she was very interested in studying the blue-eyed lemurs - I guess our blue-eyed baby felt a kinship :-)
We also saw tortoises:
And visited the reptile house - so many snakes!
Clare liked watching the orangutans play - when we asked her if she wanted to stay with the monkeys, she emphatically nodded her head to say "yes!"
Sean got to brush the wool of some freshly shorn sheep:
Clare caught a short nap while Sean watched the otters play. He loved watching the otters swim and chase their toys in the water, although he repeatedly told me, "these are not otters, Mommy - these are seals. Otters are sharks!" Oh well, agree to disagree, I guess.
We watched this red panda have lunch:
Sean wanted to get into the hippo exhibit:
We watched the giraffes and zebras hanging out in the sun:
Sean needed a better view of the bears and Daddy was happy to oblige:
After seeing the flamingos and penguins, we got to see the kangaroos being fed big hunks of lettuce. We even saw a little baby joey sticking out of his mom's pouch!
After a long day with no nap for Sean, we should have left when we were done, but Mommy had a hankering for ice cream. So we also got some for Sean and he literally had a melt-down about his ice cream melting. Needless to say, after about 2 minutes in the car, he fell fast asleep :-)
