Birthday at the Z00

Yesterday was Frank's birthday.  he wanted to spend it at the Baton Rouge Zoo with Sawyer.  so we made it happen.












First I gave him a shirt I had purchased in the Virgin Islands on the cruise.  I had gotten Sawyer the same shirt and gave it to Carrie when they were at the house for the BBQ this weekend.

We met sawyer and Carrie at the donut shop across from her office.  the best donuts in town!!  When Sawyer walked in with his bright blue shirt, his smile was ear to ear!  Both of them looked great in their shirts.  So many people commented on the pair!









The zoo was preparing for their weekend gala called Zippity Zoo Days and the landscape was immaculate.  The Baton Rouge Zoo has been under a lot of pressure lately.  It has deteriorated in the last few years so there was a call to move the Zoo to a location closer to a growing section of town, where more people could access it from the east, such as a heavily populated corridor through the New Orleans area.

Unfortunately it was voted down, leaving the Zoo in one of the worst, crime filled areas of Baton Rouge, far away from the population centers.  Too bad.

When his momma was little we would bring her to this same zoo with her flash cards.  So I had a set of new cards for him.  He was a little confused about why I was handing him cards, but he held on to each one I gave to him.  He will catch on soon enough.

We had a perfect day for the Zoo.  There were only 3 other family groups strolling the zoo walks with us, so there were no lines anywhere.

Sawyer took his first train ride.  Seeing his eyes wide in amazement as we moved through the trees and through the tunnel was priceless.

Frank crawled in the Prairie Dog Exhibit to be with Sawyer.

And we brushed some goats.



The train ride took us through the Swamp as we tooted along the rails, clickety clack.  And of course there was the playground with its climbing and sliding things.

We finished the day with Mexican Food at Frank's favorite place and Carrie gave him his present.

She kept thinking, what is the perfect gift for the newly retired person?  And she saw an ad with this guy lounging in his hammock!

Assembly was easy, much easier than the first attempt at sitting in it!

Hopefully he will get the hang of it soon and will be relaxing and reading in it with ease!