This week for pretty much the first time, the boys have done things separately from each other. Sammy went to dinner with me one night while Dave and Henry did something on their own. Henry's best friend from daycare invited us to go to Vala's with him and his mom. Since Henry was going to enjoy a fun day at the pumpkin patch, I decided to spend some one-on-one time with Sam at the zoo. It was fun to actually get to see some animals! Henry normally just wants to eat ice cream and play at the playground.
We started off by visiting the aquarium.
Fishy photo bomb!
Garden Eels are my absolute favorite. Sam thought they were pretty cool too.
Sam decided this fish was his favorite.
Next we went over to the Desert Dome.
After the desert, we walked down to the petting zoo.
Check out that funky chicken!
Next we wandered over to feed the budgies. I'd never done it before, so that was fun for both of us. The budgies weren't exactly hungry, so we had to roam a bit to find one that would eat our bird seed.
I stopped to buy some tickets for the stingray exhibit, and Sam decided he needed a carousel ride too.
The stingray exhibit was amazing! I have a history of dragging my family through the sea exhibit at Mall of America so I can pet the stingrays.
This was a million times better!
Sam had brought $2 with him in change in his pocket to feed the fish under the bridge by Monkey Island. Instead he ended up buying shrimp for the rays. The first time we didn't know what to do, so we just dropped it in the water. The second time, we sort of figured it out. After the second time, Sam was digging in my purse looking for another dollar. We found one more and got him one last shrimp. The last time I managed to get a video.
After the stingrays, we wandered over to visit the bears. I had an appointment to get to, so we had to cut our play time short.
We stopped on the way out for a couple autumn photos.
We had an amazing time! It's so fun to spend time alone with his kiddo. He's growing up so fast.
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