Fisher Price Weekend at the Phoenix Zoo

 Fisher Price had set up shop at the Phoenix Zoo this weekend. Since the weather has FINALLY started too cool off enough to be outside for longer than 20 minutes, we decided to go and check it out. We haven't been to the zoo since May. We knew that Ava would enjoy the change of scenery and seeing all of the animals. I wish I had taken the video camera to capture all the ohhhs, ahhhs and wows, because they were great to hear. Here is daddy and Ava looking at the giraffes.



They have a children's Fisher Price play area there and we brought Ava over there to play. That is her and I walking around.

 

Smiling for daddy!

 Say Cheese. I guess she gets her cheesy smile  from me. They kinda look the same, right?

 Daddy's turn to watch her, I had to sit down. It was starting to get hot out.












Once they finally opened the Fisher Price play "pen", Mike and Ava decided to brave the crowd. We set her down next to some toys and she played cautiously.

 This is what it looked like at 9 am when it first opened!

Waiting for daddy. She found an "ava" height seat..

We had a lot of fun. I managed to last an hour and a half which is good for me. The heat and all the walking is tiring and I was ready to rest. We met up with Mike's sister and her friend who has a son that is 21 months old right before we left.

Ava did a lot of walking around on her own, one of her new favorite things to do. Once I pull her out of the stroller, she really won't get back in. We have been enjoying the park, digging in the sand and running in the grass this past week. I need to continue to take her to new places because she loves to explore. She doesn't really like big crowds, so we usually go places earlier.

Mike is painting baby Noah's nursery right now, so I am hoping to have pictures later this week. He is getting the main colors on and then we still have to paint some stripes. My mom is on fall break and is down visiting until Tuesday, so maybe she can help get the stripes on tomorrow. We won't get the nursery all set up until Ava is ready to be in a big girl bed, but I will get the decor up and walls painted and once we are ready, in we go.