Thursday, May 3, 2012

El Zoológico

Joaquin's stint at Kid's Express is coming to an close.  Our beloved preschool will soon be behind us (Graduation is May 15th!)  To celebrate this, the end of the school year is quite eventful.  Joaquin's class had a 'field trip', or rather optional together outing, to the zoo.  As you can see, Joaquin was quite excited.  This exciting beaded chair is in the zoo's African area, it serves no purpose that I know of except to be photogenic.  However it was a great place to take a picture of the kiddos and their teacher Miss Connie.  At first we were having trouble getting them all to focus and smile until a smart parent told them all to say "Angry Birds"!  At which point they all started laughing and smiling away at us.  There are apparently several little boys in his class that share Joaquin's obsession so it's become a class topic.  One of Joaquin's favorite parts was practicing his nature photography.  Here's one of his photos of a peacock.  (Only one, he's a fan of peacocks so there were several.)  Then Daddy joined us for the picnic lunch, yay!  Which was very nice since it allowed Mommy and Eliana to leave a little early for naptime while Daddy and Joaquin played on the zoo's fabulous playground.  Eliana was in fact quite charming, turns out that she's much more of a stroller baby than Joaquin was.  Here she is at the beginning of the morning, quite interested in everything around her actually, and here she is when the desire for a nap caught up with her.  She actually slept for about 20 minutes in the stroller.  Not a lot, but enough to keep her happy until lunch which made the day much nicer for everyone.  Nice outing for every family member, an impressive accomplishment honestly!


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