Afternoon @ the Memphis Zoo

We've managed to stay pretty busy during Spring Break. After John-Rob's appointment with the orthodontist yesterday we went to the zoo...yes, I know he's only 6 and that is pretty young to be going to the orthodontist but we've got some issues going on in that mouth of his. Big fat bunny teeth + a wittle bitty mouth = our new BFF Dr. Crowder. Although I tried my best to explain what an orthodontist does...John-Robert still had some anxiety about going to see Dr. Crowder. Whenever he would say he was going to see Dr. Crowder he would say "Dr. Crowder...dum, dum, dum" Not like stupid dum but like scary dum, the kid is a trip.

We met my Dad, Miss Angela, Kaitlyn, & Zachary around lunch time. It was cloudy & looked like rain, but it actually turned sunny & was pretty warm. We didn't take too may pics of the animals...just the crazy kids.

John-Rob, Dad, & Rae @ the entrance to the Zoo. John-Rob said the gator was eatin' his head!

Emma-Rae, Kaitlyn, Zachary, & John-Robert...posing in front of the stinky antelopes.

Emma-Rae took a bunch of polar bear pictures, the bears were really doing some swimming...they are HUGE!


Emma-Rae wanted me to take some pics of her with one of the bears, she loves these pics...they just pretty much creep me out.

John-Rob was posing with his bow and arrow...he said he's the chief!
No bow & arrow necessary for Rae, just a pretty smile.
Rob, Rae, Kaitlyn, & Zachary...acting crazy in the Northwest Passage area of the Zoo.
The geysers out in front of the Teton Trek area...I said they could get their feet wet, John-Rob listens SO well!

After my children were completely soaked we said goodbye to my Dad & our friends. I had the kids strip down in the car & put on whatever dry clothes they still had...I think they managed to come up with a flannel shirt, hoodie, & raincoats. We stopped by Sonic for some ice cream and came home to crash in front of the T.V. We found a new show to watch on A&E...it's called Billy the Exterminator, he's an exterminator in Louisiana...it's so gross!

We watched these crazy Siamang Gibbons for a bit at the zoo, check out our video. They put one of their Gibbon friends over with the orangutans...now that Gibbon is BFFs with the female orangutan Chickie...the Gibbons are hilarious because they "yell" back and forth to each other.

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