San Diego Zoo

 We had the joy of going to the San Diego Zoo and it was fantastic!

This was the end of the day so the kids (and mommy) were pretty tired but we had to get a picture!!! :)

We were able to see pretty much everything, which is a feat if you know anything about this zoo...

Grandma was a big help and I was so glad I didn't try to take them by myself!

There were brother crocodiles in this aquarium and the boys were really taken with their wrestling matches :)  Imagine that...

I think they feel this legitimizes their behavior... sigh... 

Connor was trying to get his Tiger head toy to bite the hippo's bottom... sigh... only a three year old... 

Oh and then he was very taken with the fact that the fish in their tank were eating off of their poop in the bottom of the water... oh my... now I know why kids love the zoo... no filter on anything... 

So we went to see the panda's and the little baby one was named 'Shally Woo' (obviously not the chinese spelling but that's how you pronounce it) and Vale was yelling, "Shally Woo where are YOUUUUU" :)  It was cute... 

Connor cheesin' it up with grandma in front of the zebras :)

They had a really cool elephant enclosure thing and the boys really liked it... ok well Vale is just bitter he's stuck in the stroller... :)

 They were so cute looking at all the animals together :) 

I guess this was some sort of meerkat thing, Connor went right up and gave him a big hug...

Vale, not so much... he wouldn't get any closer than this... 

They had some pretty cool bird atriums and Vale really likes to point out birds... 

Connor wanted to ride the gorilla... 

So we put Vale on there with him but... 

Vale just wanted to kiss the gorillas... hahaha he kissed every single one... 

Then he wanted to swing like them... and the monkeys... 

Connor was in love with the map!!!  He carried it everywhere and had to know where we were going... 

The hotel we stayed in was about 8 minutes from the zoo and it was A.M.A.Z.I.N.G.

Two toddlers in a king sized bed watching cartoons... does like get any better than this, I submit that is can not... at least for them... 

We had a suite and the bedroom was upstairs and this was the downstairs... I could def live here... :)

They had a tray for chocolate covered strawberries for us... thank you very much, I'll take it! :)

And the view was fantastic!!!!  Vale liked watching all the cars on the street below.

The boys took a dip in the 'pool' as they called it... I wanted to get a bath but ran out of time... would have been amazing though! :)

Vale was so excited about these drawers!  He kept getting in them and shutting himself in!  I swear he's not afraid of anything... it's truly scary for me as a mom... 

The hotel was great, the zoo was great... overall a fantastic little trip!!!