Zoo and such!

Well August 24 has finally made it here and things have been crazy these past few weeks!!! I finished my last day at Market Basket on Saturday (because school starts back in the morning). So while I was at work Chad had a Daddy/Payton day and they seemed to have a blast! He took Payton to Great Grandma and Great-Grandpa Sims house to play then they went to the park.

 Grandma found these "clappers" she had gotten from the bank and Payton just loves them.

The swing is his favorite.

Having fun with his Daddy(:

He is just getting so big(: He is now an official boy and loves to play with trucks!

So after doing some research online I found that you can get into the Houston Zoo for free if you are receiving Foodstamps!! We were so excited, it's about 14 dollars a person to get in so we took advantage of this deal right away! We decided to take Payton this morning because classes start in the morning and we know time will be pressed from here to December. This was our first "family vacation" for just the three of us and it was so much fun. Payton was actually interested in all the animals and mostly just wanted to get down and play with them. I couldn't believe he never fell asleep or anything, he is just getting so big:(

Chad took AT LEAST 20 pictures of each animal lol so I won't bore you with those just a few good ones!

Headed to the Zoo!

His zippy became his best friend today, it was zoo hot (and yes I'm in capris IDK what I was thinking lol) It was easily 100 degrees..

Payton loved this little deer...

...He just watched it walk back and forth lol

These chimps were so smart. They would come up to the window and people would pull out their camera and the chimps would smile for the camera. I stood Payton next to the window and when they would come by he would bang on it to get their attention and they would bang back. He got a kick outta that.

Second favorite: Elephants. He loves watching the Mommy and Baby one.

The only family photo we got and Payton's not looking:( Oh well it was great!

We had so much fun, and we didn't even cover the whole zoo. After 3 1/2 hours of sweat we were ready to go. On another note, Tomorrow starts the great fall semester 2012.. Its going to be a long hard semester. We are also keeping an eye on Hurricane Isaac out there. Its not looking so great, it keeps turning towards us and evacuating is NOT how I want to start the semester..