Zoo Trip and Drive In Movie

I promised him a Zoo trip for his birthday, but then the day we were going to go, it rained. So we postponed it til July. I told him when we got in the car that Mommy was going to want to take some pictures of him today so just to let me do it.

When he saw this bench, he said "Mommy, take my picture." I don't think he's ever said that to me. He usually runs and hides when he sees the camera come out.

His favorite place at the Zoo is the Black Bear Falls. Although, most of the times we go, the bears are hiding. But not today!!!

That was sacked out on the log.

And this one was asleep right by the window ... you can see Luke's head in the bottom left corner of the pic.

He's standing on the elephant's foot prints.

Another picture set up ... I didn't even have to ask him to do it!

Gorilla...

And our new favorite exhibit... Bloomin' Butterfly Gardens!

We saw our friends Kylie and Will at the Zoo too!

Then one night we headed over to the Parkway Drive-In in Maryville for a Movie!! They were playing Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs.

(Though, I thought it was the ice age that made the dinosaurs extinct in the first place, but whatever, still cute).

We had the chairs set up outside the car and his sleeping bad inside the car. That was in case he fell asleep - yeah, no chance of that!

The movie didn't start til dusk, which ended up being 9:30pm. By the time it was over and we drove home, it was almost midnight!!!