Who are these Critters you speak of?

Thursday, February 14, 2013

The Jacksonville Zoo

 
Rian had a weekend away over the Martin Luther King weekend and I was staring down the barrel of having the Critters solo for three days.  Slightly daunting now that they tend to run in three different directions.  Status quo for us is zone coverage on the kids and I would be down a (wo)man and my coverage skills are not good enough to do it solo for three days.  Deion Sanders I am not.  So luckily Grandma B came to the rescue with a suggestion to meet in Jacksonville.  We stayed in the same hotel that we did in July and we headed to the zoo again, and then up to Fernandina Beach on Sunday.
 
The weather was a bit cold, but it was sunny and the Critters had a blast at the zoo.  The Jacksonville Zoo is great and the Critters had a blast.  They especially enjoy the Merry-go-Round, six times over.  Luckily, we had the unlimited ride pass.  With the weather being cooler all of the animals were out too, I don't think we missed a single one.  In addition, the zoo has a train that circles it so you know that Brother was happy.
 
Sunday we headed over to Fernandina Beach to see Fort Clinch State Park.  There was an old fort there right on the beach.  The Critters had a great time running around there and collective shells.  It definitely gets you in the mood for weekends at St. George over the summer.  On the way back to pick up Grandma B's car we saw a Firehouse Subs, which the Critters are obsessed with.  I swear we might need to buy some of their stock.  After an uneventful drive home we got settled and anxiously awaited the return of "mom."
 
Here are a few picks from the weekend: 
 

Grandma B and the Critters.  Don't worry, while I know it appears that Hadley is taking great joy in choking Brother, she indeed was not - choking him that is.
 

Haddie and her new gorilla friend.  CarCar decided to get a piece of her head in the picture by Haddie's foot.
 

CarCar and the Jaguar, or "big kitty."  Just a point of reference: all large deadly cats are referred to as "big kitties" in our house.  We will have to have a life lesson down the road about the deadly nature of these animals and stress the fact that you can not hug all of them.
 

Haddie on the first go around on the Merry-go-Round.
 

Brother on Renegade.
 

Don't worry this was not the designated Florida Gator gator, this was the generic one.
 

CarCar on the Merry-go-Round
 

Brother feeding the giraffe.
 

CarCar feeding the giraffe.
 

The giraffe feeding area.
 

Fernandina Beach Lighthouse.
 

Fort Clinch.
 

Brother and the cannons.
 

You all know Brother's love of the American Flag.
 

Picking shells.
 

Brother.
 

Haddie.
 

Sisters.
 

Again.
 
 
Haddie throwing shells.
 
Chris

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