Goin' to the Zoo and Playing Cops

In the winter, the last Wednesday of every month is free day at Hogle Zoo, so we decided to take advantage of it and enjoy a day at the zoo with some friends. It was an awesome experience for all of us! The favorite seemed to be the CHEETAH for both Emily and Jonathan since they could see him so CLOSE through the window. What a beautiful animal! He just paces back and forth, and the kids are THRILLED when he strides right in front of them and seems to look directly at them. The monkeys also made the kids smile!

While we were waiting to see the next animal, Emily spontaneously ran over to Jon and started tickling him. It's so cute to watch them play together! At times, Jon gets tired of it, but most of the time, he loves it, and today was no different. He just giggles and giggles like crazy!

At preschool, the girls have been learning about community helpers so Miss Brynn made them police hats, badges, and stop signs. They run all around, and then she says "Stop!" and the girls all hold out their stop signs and shout, "Stop!" It's hilarious to watch them do this! Run, run, run...Stop! Run, run, run, Stop! Emily sent herself a letter in the mail from preschool and when it arrived two days later, she helped me get the mail and was pleased to recognize HER VERY OWN LETTER! Funny enough, the next day when she helped me get the mail, I had received an ABC Distributing Catalog in the mail. When she glanced at it, she immediately took it from my hands, and said, "Oh, for me? Thank you Mailman!" She treasured that catalog for a few days and kept showing me pictures of the princess purses and other items in it. I don't think she wanted the items necessarily, she was just excited that the mailman had brought her a pretty book with pictures. I'm glad my kids are easy to please...give Emily a catalog and Jon ANY piece of paper, and they are happy for hours! :)