Failed Trip to the Zoo

The morning after Mark's graduation and party, the boys, my parents, and I jumped on a plane for Houston. The plan was to take the boys to the zoo for the first time: something my parents have been wanting to do forever! We arrived on Sunday afternoon, and after a extremely long weekend, decided that we should just spend Monday hanging out and relaxing. We had fun playing at the park and going to the splash pad. We went to bed on Monday night planning to go to the zoo the following morning. Unfortunately Kolbe woke up in the middle of the night with a very high fever. And the fever hung around for the rest of the trip. There were no other symptoms. Just a fever between 101 and 104 even when he was on medicine. So we spent the rest of the "vacation" hanging out at the house. At one point, we did take a small trip to my mom's neighbor's pool, but it wasn't very successful. Kolbe just plain old didn't feel good. And Rudy was teething! Oh well...maybe next time. We did get lots of fun pictures of the trip though.

This was on Monday when Kolb was still feeling well...you'll be able to tell a definite change in his face once "sick boy" kicked in. He was taking Molly for a walk and thought it was hilarious when Pa hooked him up to Molly's other leash.

What's a trip to The Woodlands without a chance to feed the ducks!?!

I know, I know. You're thinking there's nothing very special about this pic, right? But there is! The eyes behind the camera belong to Kolbe! He LOVES grabbing the camera when I set it down and snapping as many pictures as he can before I catch him. The funny thing is, he's actually getting really good! Most of his pictures actually contain a viable subject matter and are focused! And I love that when looking through them, I can see things from his perspective. Now we just need to find him a camera that wouldn't cause me to cry when he drops it...

Kolbe is fascinated with the doggie water "bowls" on all the outdoor fountains.

Time for the splash pad!

Irresistible!

So much fun!

Don't you wish you could have this much fun all the time!?!

Rudy had no fear of the water! He'd go up and stick his face right in it!

Pinkie tried real hard to keep the sickly boys happy.

The boys loved the hot tub even though it was the same temp as the pool...