Today, on what was surely the hottest day EVER in New Zealand {am I right?} I asked Ethan what he would like to do.
He wanted to go to the Zoo.
My too-hard-basket self and my home-body self wanted to shut this plan down before it gained any traction, but I don’t want to be that Mum. I want this summer to be the summer of saying yes, of many adventures and sliding into March tanned, tired and with no regrets of gorgeous days wasted. This was our spendy outing this week. Dave headed back to work today so it was a relatively cheap exercise compared to paying for two adults but I will be filling the rest of the week up with free or inexpensive activities.
So. Yes it was very, very VERY hot. Yes. Half of Auckland decided to head to the Zoo today. But, it was the best day I can remember spending with my boys in a long time.
Ethan was in the perfect mood for it, he was engaged and interested, and amped quite frankly. I let him take charge. We decided not to look at the map, to just go where we wanted and it worked out beautifully. It just happened to be one of those well timed arrivals {due to NO parking} when we only had to queue for 10 minutes before we all got to feed the giraffe – even Nixie! He was so stoked! Then after walking around the corner, the elephant was dancing up a storm and putting on a show, so Nix was entertained and able to focus for quite a while on each animal. What am I saying, the kid lapped it up. He is so, so different to his brother but so alike in their complete and utter adoration of animals. “Ostrich!” “Elfunt!” “Tortle!” “Youraft!” “Iger!” “Ion!”.
It was an amazing day. I even packed a cooly bag! With lunch, SALAD for me even! – though I had packed coleslaw and forgot a fork fml. I’m telling you I was really on top of my game today.
And that felt good.
PS Nixon’s stink face is totally not representative of his mood, he was just as awesome as his brother today, also check out my freaky hairy arm wtf?!
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