We should have known it might not go as planned when Alex skipped his first nap ever. As we "hiked" the boys shouted at squirrels, Nate face planted SO HARD on some stairs, Alex poked us all with sticks he found along the way, and there was a lot of whining and crying about backs hurting and the hike taking too long.
In some cases, a picture does not say the correct 1000 words.
Sunday we went to the North Carolina Zoo because 75 and sunny in November? Perfect for a family day trip. The boys were incredibly excited about the animals, running from exhibit to exhibit. When they got tired, we took trams to move throughout the zoo, which was just as fun to them.
Our big issue was this, a photo op I thought would be cute. (The yellow tone of the photos is because there was a canopy of yellow leaves throughout the zoo.)
The boys loved sitting up there, and Alex was excited to put his arms around Nate. I had plans to try to get them to smile while posed up there....
when Alex got a little aggressive and they fell off the side of the statue. Look back to the first photo and you will note the METAL statue has quite a large base. We saw them start to tip and Jon and I ran over in a panic, but we were not fast enough to stop them from falling. Alex was fine (Alex is always fine!) but Nate scraped his arm and was crying pretty hard.
Let me stop for a minute and mention the zoo was packed. MANY adults saw this event happen. Jon and I knew the other parents were thinking, "What were they thinking?!" I was so scared and worried and afterward I was so stressed I wanted to laugh.
But I could have just shown you the pictures without the stories and you would have thought we were this North Carolina family out enjoying perfect fall moments.
15 comments:
HAHA! that's so true! the pictures certainly *do* make it look like a perfect/fabulous time! the one of them holding hands = precious. but skipping naps, certainly a cause for some massive problems over @ our place, too. i mean, whoa.
LOL! You got some great pictures! Sorry about what you had to go through to get them. 3.5 is an interesting age.
Your kids are tough! Is the secret to not having them cry (much) that you don't make a big deal out of them falling?
Oh man, we were at the zoo all afternoon on Sunday! Nina wouldn't get off of that lioness statue, and threw quite a fit when we finally pulled her off. And at the playground she kept roaring at other kids right before they would go down the green slide.
Pictures are fab. You mean you weren't snapping away while they hit the ground? Yesterday Milo fell off the playground set from 5+ feet in the air. Luckily he didn't hit the metal bars on the way down and didn't bump his head. And I was standing right there. Oh well, what can you do.
How funny that we had similar hiking experiences. Good times! At least you got great pictures!
LOL!! Anything for a good picture huh? JK JK, it could have happened to anyone.
The pic of them on the statue is great though!!
I'm sending you my pictures in just a few. Thanks for offering to work on them. ha!
Hmm.. I need your email addy again. This time i'll add it to my address book. (you can delete this comment. lol!)
Just think... years from now you'll look back at these pictures and be fooled into thinking it was a stress-free outing!
The last picture is def. Christmas card worthy! And tooooo funny about the statue! Heheheh!!!
Those are definitely VERY cute pictures, and you totally could have gotten away with NOT telling the story behind them! But it's stories like that that make the picture even better :-) Glad they're ok though!
Love your pictures and all the great stories that go with them!
You're right, the pictures appear to tell a totally different picture than what really happened! Sorry about their big tumble off the statue, glad they weren't too scraped up.
You're right, the pictures appear to tell a totally different picture than what really happened! Sorry about their big tumble off the statue, glad they weren't too scraped up.
My first time here (from hdydi.com) and I have to say your boys are absolutely gorgeous!
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