Gabe's Field Trip to the Houston Zoo

 Skipping around here...let's jump to February 10th! Gabe's first grade field trip was to the Houston Zoo this year.  Last year it was the Rodeo but I didn't go because Ian was so little.  But this year I got to go with Gabe as a chaperone! The note said no siblings, so I left Ian with a friend, but I could have totally brought him.  Oh well.  I went with my friend Teresa.  She drove and let me mooch off of her zoo pass.  It was a nice cool day and Gabe and I had fun! Gabe was the only boy in our group but he didn't seem to mind.  He really likes his friend Angelica. I was happy that the trip wasn't too long, because I actually do not like going to zoos.  I find them to be boring, hot, and there is way too much walking to see some partial animal fuzz under an obscure bush.  But I enjoyed the company.  I couldn't care less about seeing the animals.  I can google pictures on the internet if I'm that interested in seeing them.  We did get pretty close to the giraffes which was pretty neat.  Teresa treated us to that experience. Which is so nice because I'm way to cheap to shell out $7 for a couple of freakin' lettuce leafs, haha!  Although, I guess you are paying for the experience rather than the lettuce itself.  Afterwards we went to a little shop.  Gabe saw that there was a train ride to go on, but he was the only one who wanted to go.  But I pacified him by buying him a little train key chain, and Teresa helped out with that by offering to take us all out for ice cream.  We went to Cold Stone (or was it Marble Slab?) on our way back home.  All in all, a very fun trip!

Cute kids.

 Why yes, yes I would.  I do not like monkeys.  But I do love me some chocolate!

 Lunch time!

  The Giraffe-feeding experience.  Those guys have some long tongues!

Cutie-patootie.