Our day at the Zoo

We had a fun day at the zoo! We were supposed to go camping sunday through tuesday (today), but with the flooding, that was canceled. So, Jason still took the 2 days off. Today we went to the Milwaukee Zoo. I think it is our 4th time this season already.
N&C were very good! They just were content to be in the stroller and we would get them out here/there to see animals better. We stopped for lunch at a food pavilion. We had packed them their lunches (PB&J, string cheese, pasta salad, and a peanut butter cookie). Jason and I had picked up subs on our way so we had those (saved money because food at the zoo is pricey).
On our way towards the exit, we stopped at the goats. I wasn't sure how N&C would feel running around with goats (some smaller children were crying because they were scared of the goats), but N&C LOVED it. They were running to pet every goat individually. They both fed the goats a couple pieces of food and they both giggled. The only crummy part was Nicholas was running through the area (you know how toddlers don't watch where they are going) and a little boy was also running without looking and they crashed. Poor Nicholas was the smallest so he fell back and hit his head on the pavement. He cried and cried. There wasn't a bump and soon he wanted down to pet the goats again. The mom of the other boy brought her son over to apologize. I knew it was an accident, but I think she was teaching her son to apologize. She said her son was 3 years old and he looks bigger than his age (he looked like the height of a 6 or 7 year old!). That was nice of the mom to have her son apologize though. :) Not that Nicholas even knew who he ran into.


Look at Nicholas' eyes in the next picture, if you can (click on the photo to enlarge):

Nicholas LOVES toy cars. We haven't bought him the little match cars (in case of choking on small parts), but he has some larger toy cars he just adores. The first thing he does in the morning is walk to his car bin and start driving them. Its so cute. One of his cars broke, so we may need to go look for another (another one's wheels are broken too).
Tonight he decided to try to wrestle with Celia. They were both standing and he grabbed her around the shoulders and tried playing with her like little boys like to do. She started whining (a fair warning) and he didn't stop (he wasn't hurting her). So she pushed him so hard that he landed on his back. He was startled and started crying. It was slightly comical, but I felt bad for him since he was trying to play with her. But then again, she stood her ground. So, I hugged Nicholas and consoled him and tried to explain to Celia that she had hurt him when she pushed. I guess this will be the boy/girl twin area that could be challenging.