Zoo with Ellie

I headed out to HEB to get things for tonight's dinner, but I'd been toying with the idea of being a bit spontaneous and taking Ellie to the zoo! The weather today was absolutely beautiful, and I just hated to waste it with the nundane, same 'ole, same 'ole. I also sometimes feel kind of guilty about Ellie being ignored as the 3rd child with so much attention given to Gracie & Katie so often.

So....I took Ellie to the zoo! It was fun to be there with just the 2 of us! There will be many pictures of just Ellie in this post! :)


Zoo Boo was going on, so she was able to choose a pumpkin.

She had fun getting up close to this little guy. It's hard to see, but it's like he was ignoring her. He has his face turned away from her and his head held up really high.

I love this sweet profile picture of her. Such a sweet little baby/toddler profile.

She liked getting out of the stroller and walking a bit.

We saw the sweetest little baby elephant! Before he stood up, his momma was covering him up with straw so gently. So sweet!

These were so pretty! I'm assuming they're jellyfish, but I'd never seen them in blue like this.

My parents gave us zoo membership passes which is so great because we were able to stay for just over an hour and leave when we felt like it without feeling like we had to stay long enough to get our money's worth out of our 1 day ticket. We've definitely used the passes enough times to be worth it, and today's weather was perfect for it!

Chris had gone in to work for a little bit even though it was his day off, but the meeting he'd gone in for had been rescheduled (of course) so he met us for lunch near work and then came home afterwards. We missed Gracie & Katie since they were at school, but it was also nice to have special time with just Ellie.

After Chris picked up the girls from school, I took them to meet our friends Kerri, Emily, & Krystal for ice cream so that was fun! Chris & Ellie stayed at the house and napped! :) I also took the girls to Kohl's, then we came home and Chris started the process of helping Gracie with her Halloween costume. It's going to be cute! :) I love Friday nights at home! We've got a couple of things going on tomorrow then Sunday will be a big day with a luncheon after church, Trunk or Treat, and Malachi's Monster Mash at Texas Children's! Fun, fun!