Zoo Date with Daddy

Today, Randy and Helaina had a daddy-daughter date at the Detroit Zoo. Thanks to Uncle Omar, we are enjoying a family membership to the Detroit Zoo till June 30, 2012. Unfortunately, this is only the second time this year that Helaina has been there. We had hopes of going more often, but the zoo is open year round so we'll be back again soon!

Me: "Helaina, how was the zoo?"

Helaina: "Really good! We saw looots of animals and we watched a movie."

Helaina and Randy were the train conductors. She brought home two conductor hats, 1 for her and 1 for Zachary.

Amazed by the seals in the arctic tunnel

She saw Dora in 4-D. According to Helaina and Randy, it was awesome! Movies in 4-D provide smell, real rain drops, and several other special effects related to the senses.

The kids in our neighborhood go back to school tomorrow. I'm relatively certain that Helaina is going to have withdrawals. It will be very interesting to see how we'll occupy our time together without 5 kids in our yard at any given time throughout the day.