i'm such an idiot

So on Friday i planned to take the kids to the zoo and meet my new friend Cynthia (yes, i have a friend) and her awesome babysitter there for a day out with the kiddos. Unfortunately i didnt communicate with her very well and i ended up at the San Francisco Zoo while she was at the Oakland Zoo. After trying to find eachother for 15 minutes through texting and phone calls, we realized that we were in totally different places. I was sooooo bummed because i wasted an hour's drive, $30 in admission tickets and $4 to the toll booth. We just laughed it off when we realized what happened and i was going to stay at the SF Zoo, but i had all 3 kids by myself and it was cold and windy and none of the animals seemed to be out, so i decided to stop stressing about the loss of $$ and time and i headed to the Oakland Zoo to meet up with her. The kids were pretty upset when i put them back in the car to make the 45 minute drive back, but when i convinced Jonah that we were going to see new elephants, he was ok with it. It was a relief to arrive at the Oakland Zoo and the kids were excited to get out and run around. Jonah enjoyed the Tiger ride on the merry go round and as always; Tobin loved to run run run. I took the kids on a small tiger patterned rollercoaster and they both hated it. Tobin was screaming the whole time and i was just laughing at him. It was ridiculous. Jonah still talks about not going on the "tiger train". "No tiger train, no tiger train...." What a long zoo filled day!

My friend Cynthia and her daughter Abigail.

Happy riding a tiger!

I dont think he was too sure about the airplane ride....