It is still spring break this week for Gavin and luckily the rain is holding off. As we looked outside this morning, the sky was stunningly beautiful! It was a bit cold out, as threats of ‘thunderstorms’ were all over the news 
But you would never know that if you took a step outdoors.. and they had been threatening this junk all week! Finally tred of waiting it out, we bundled up and just jumped into the car The boys were MORE than happy, as Santa Barbara Zoo is one of their most special places to go.
On the way up, we chatted about which animals we wanted to see. Which ones would be hiding away, because they are almost ALWAYS hiding. Who would get to see the new baby giraffe first… he is sooo cute, Asher and i got to see him the last time that we were there. They had ‘just’ let him come out from behind the fence. He is sooo small and mellow. Asher could stay next to that exhibit forever!!
Once we got there, Gavin’s overprotectiveness struck into gear immediately! It usually does. It is as if i do not exist. lol He shuffles Asher along with his arm accross his back… the whole time Asher peeks his head around looking for me, asking me if i am still coming with them simultaneously pushing Gavin’s arm off of him lol lol He is a ‘big boy’ he can walk all by himself ya know?!!
Oh man, but if brother gets too far ahead?? ‘GAVIN!!’ ‘GAVIN” “BROTHER” … this could go on for about 30 seconds.. because like any ‘mother’, we tune out our names and the word ‘mom’.. well, as Gavin fancy’s himself the same thing?? he has DONE the same thing.. lol poor Asher.. it is the cutest thing to watch in the world when they are right next to each other.. .. whatEVER Gavin does, Asher will do the SAME exact thing. One sits, the other one does.. runinng.. running… singing.. singing it is cute
Well, we got to see the otter’s sleeping, capybarra’s, alligator’s, snow leopard, lots of monkey’s, elephants, penguin’s, lion’s, a sleeping gorilla- right next to the glass… soo extremely cool, the baby giraffe AND we even got to FEED one of the giraffe’s today then we played on the playground for a while and right before we left for the day we HAD to visit th EEEWWW section lol for those of you who do ‘not’ know what that is. It is the ‘creepy crawly’ area The boys LOVE it! PLUS you get to push this button by the ‘hissing cockroaches’? and you get to hear them ‘hiss’ too lol lol Asher thinks that that is the ‘coolest’ part
Well, it was an amazing day, as usual, with my sweethearts. It could not have gone any better. The boys were sooo sweet to each other. Gavin took great care of his little brother. He even helped him slide down the hill in the play area and stood extra close to him when he was scared of the sleeping gorilla. .. What i would have given to have had someone like Gavin to look out for me like that. … I hope that Asher will appreciate how lucky he is to have a brother like Gavin… what a great role model so far…
such a proud mommy haha
