Well we have dusted off our zoo membership and have already been twice in the past two weeks. The fist time was with Dede and I thought that was a challenge trying to figure out how to manage two kids with two adults but that was a breeze compared to last weeks trip. Headed out to meet a friend, Erin and her two kids, Aidan 3, and Connor 11 months, only to get a voicemail saying they may not be able to meet up with us. My mind begins to panic. Can I really juggle a toddler, infant, stroller, cooler and diaper bag all by myself. I turn down the road leading to the zoo to see cars backed up for what appears to be miles. Both main parking lots are full and I am able to secure a spot in the bus/RV parking area. I knew it was spring break and a sunny beautiful day. I expected crowds but nothing like this. It literally was a zoo! After parking I realize it is time to nurse Landon but he is sound asleep in his car seat. Hayden is bouncing up and down in his excitement to go see George (as in Curious George who lives at the zoo from our latest nighttime story) So I figure I might as well go ahead and nurse Landon in the car instead of waiting til we are in the middle of an animal exhibit and have to try to nurse in the hot sun covered up blindly shoving his face into my chest trying not to flash everyone. I unbuckle Hayden and gave him a toy to play with in the backseat as I sit in the front trying to nurse a sleepy infant as the cars continue to file in. Hayden proclaims that he has a wet diaper and I look into the back seat and he has taken off his pants and is proceeding to take of his diaper. NO! I have no idea what's in his diaper and I can envision the contents of a two and half year olds diaper being smeared all over my new cars cloth interior. I have Hayden climb up front and proceed to get his clothes back on. Erin calls to say they will be able to come and will see us in about 45 minutes. Yeah! We finish up; I get Landon in my maya wrap and Hayden in the stroller. We wait in line and then head to see some of the exhibits close to the main entrance. We ride the merry go round and then head back to meet Erin. Poor Hayden is getting restless, Landon is getting hot as its 80 degrees and he's baking in the maya wrap with his big bald head absorbing all the bright suns rays. So Hayden gets out of the stroller to walk and Landon gets in the shaded cooler confines of the stroller. My back thanks him very much. As much as I love my wrap it is not designed for hot summer days walking for hours. So off we go to take in the sights and smells of the zoo. I had planned to only be there for maybe 2 hours tops but 5 hours later Hayden is asking me to carry him. He says he's tired and so I am holding him and pushing a sleeping Landon in the stroller. I bid Erin ado and off to the exit we head. Off course Hayden's legs can go no more when we are at the back of the zoo at the bottom of a hill. He was so tired but had such a good time all day and both boys were excellent. I get to the main entrance and we wait in line to get a refill on our drink. Actually not even a refill.... we were just wanting ice water in our cup which they have given us countless times before. Well not today; the day we are most in need of it. "That'll be $2.99" What?! $2.99 that is what they charge for soda, not tap water in a cup I already paid for. No thank you I say and walk away in search of the water fountain. After quenching our thirst we make it to the car. I get Hayden in and roll the windows down and open all the doors to cool it down. I hop in and START the car. Nope, that's how it SHOULD have gone. But the way it went was I TRIED to start the car. Click, click, click is all I hear. Great! The battery is dead. I call Jeff who starts to talk in a tone that I don't really need or want to hear when I am stranded after being at the zoo, the super crowded zoo, with two kids for 5 plus hours at 80 degree temperatures. I tell him I will call my dad to come rescue us and sure enough he did. Isn't that what dad's are for? Turns out when Hayden climbed up front to get his cloths back on earlier in the day his hand hit the overhead light which ran the battery down.
Hayden kept asking me while we waited for my dad if the car key was broke. In the few times I have driven our new car I have managed to drive the rear door into the side of the house, drop a shovel on the newly repaired door that was just repainted from the side swipe of the house. I also have lost the keys at the local kids gym and then the next visit there I couldn't get the car to start but it was something to do with the steering column. Pretty soon I think Jeff is going to limit my transportation to a bike and helmet at the rate things are going.
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