Phoenix Zoo

Shannon needed to go to the Zoo for her biology class. So she invited me and the children to tag along.
The children were very excited about our field trip. We split a season pass and are excited to go again with the oldest two who were for this trip in school.

I was SUPER pleased with how great Kaylee did. She only asked for confirmation that the animals couldn’t get her a couple of times. I think going to the zoo is going to really help ease her fear of animals.

Nathan was our map reader. Always checking his map and the big maps to make sure we were going the right way. It was too too cute. And Kaylee just did whatever he did.


Shannon took the older two up on a platform to overlook the giraffes while I stayed with the younger two. If it wasn’t CRAZY crowded on the platform the two younger would have gone up as well. They would have gotten trampled this time.

To keep them happy I pulled out the snacks. You can see how happy they were about it too. They both kept saying, “up!” 🙂 Next time they will hopefully be able to go up.

Kaylee has designated the foot rest as her seat. It works out great!

The orangutangs were my favorite of this trip. They were so fun.

Regan was VERY impressed buy the Orangutangs acrobatics.



Jon and I had our intake meeting with the adoption agency (LDS Family Services) later that afternoon. We’ve got loads of paperwork we’re now working on. It’s really exciting. Kaylee has decided she wants “Tres mas” (3 more) babies. And keeps asking us where they are. She was disappointed when we came back from the meeting without a baby.

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modesty

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I got sick of naked barbies. And I saw somewhere online (it was awhile ago, and I don’t remember now) that this Mom had sharpied one piece swim suits on her daughters barbies. GENIUS! So I grabbed Kaylee’s 3 (at the time) barbies and went to town. She LOVED that they were always ready to swim.

Well there was a downside. The poor barbies ended up looking like they were victims of abuse. Look at the Green, Purple, and Jasmine dolls. The sharpie would SLOWLY rub off and give them “bruises”, and it would also wear off in . . . places . . . I was “fixing” suits more often than I’d like to.

So Yesterday Kaylee (She had fun telling me which color went to which doll.) and I pulled out the trusty stash of nail polish. I’ve been nail polishing more than just nails lately and LOVING it. Knobs, wall art, barbies….

I like that there are more colors, and that they are no longer naked. I am hoping that this solution lasts longer than the sharpie solution. It helps in teaching Kaylee about modesty when her barbies that she loves to play with are being modest too.

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Sping Festival

Shannon got us tickets to the schools spring festival on Saturday. I was SO excited to see how Kaylee would do with the animals (since she’s afraid that they will eat her…). She was VERY excited about idea of a pony ride.



Regan wasn’t too thrilled when I let go to snap a quick photo.


Kaylee had mixed emotions about the ride, but did so much better than we had hoped for!

When they stopped I tried to get another one of Regan but he was DONE. He did enjoy it while I had a hand on him said, “yeehaw”.

Kaylee was SO excited about going into the pen for the petting zoo.

Until she was IN the pen.

One of the workers helped Regan navigate over to Jon and Kaylee after he was separated from them. I love his shirt. Makes me laugh.



We’ve been trying to gently help her get over her animal fears. She really has come a long way.

She said the goat was soft and nice. And was not upset that Daddy “helped” her pet an animal. She again surprised us with how well she did.



Aunt Shannon asking Kaylee which side she wanted her face paint done on.


Regan had not a clue what was going on. So I helped hold his head still.

I think he liked his UFO.

Our next big animal adventure will be the Zoo. Kaylee really wants to see the elephants, and ride the train.

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