zoo field trip

For days there have been talk that the field trip would be cancelled because of rain. This morning I was crossing my fingers that the field trip was still on. It must of worked. I believe there were 80 or so buses there for field trips. Lots of kids.

With the weather mild, it seemed that the animals were more active than usual. The hippos were the only animals being lazy. Even the snakes and lizards were moving around. Now that I think of it...maybe it's because of the storm that was coming. Definitely something to think about.

These turtles were great. We caught them eating lunch. They all had their own dish.

These boys on the turtle had lots of fun together. Carson, Benjamin, James, and Mason.

The zoo has a new building that has an aquarium to watch while you eat. Very entertaining.

After lunch we checked out the rest of this new building that had lizards, snakes, turtles and many kinds of insects. While we were in there the storm finally hit. It hit about 12:15 or so and never really let up. We hadn't heard from Mason's teacher about where to meet or any changes because of the rain. The kids were tired of staying in the same place, so after 1 we headed towards the bus to see what was next.

This was what was next. Soaked boys!! They thought it was great. I had originally planned on keeping Mason, Ben, and Bradley and hanging out at the zoo longer. That changed and we all left very quickly. We were a little bummed that we couldn't stay. But we will never forget this field trip and how we got rained out and soaked to the skin. There's usually an upside to everything.