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Our Trip to the Zoo September 30, 2008

Filed under: General, Photos, Videos — julescruise @ 7:04 pm

On Sunday we went the zoo because it’s finally cooling down (only 89 instead of 95!). We rented a quad bike again because I wanted to feed the giraffes, and the walk to the giraffes is about 1.5 hours – and then you have to walk back down to the exit! It’s much quicker on the bike and Jack loves to sit at the front. He’s up high so he can see all of the animals this way.

He loves looking at the fish. You can hear him say “fish” over and over!

The giraffe feeding station opens at 11 am, and we got there at 10:45 because the lines are usually long. It’s a good thing we were early because they opened it early in hopes to beat the rain. We were first to feed the giraffes! As we were walking down the ramp it started to POUR! We stood under the shelter at the bottom of the ramp for about 20 minutes, but we still got pretty wet! I’m bummed we didn’t get any photos of us because we looked funny. But, Jack didn’t mind and we just waited until it slowed down and got back on the bike.

Here’s a video:

And some photos:

Notice it’s black tongue wrapped around the lettuce!

Giraffes are so cute! I wanted to pet it. (The “I Love Florida” strap around Gerry’s neck had the key to the bike!) :)

And finally, Jack on the front of the bike looking like a stud! The humidity makes his hair really curly!

 

Jack and his Danimal September 23, 2008

Filed under: Videos — julescruise @ 6:02 pm

This video just makes me smile. Jack is too cute drinking his Danimal (a yogurt drink for kids by Dannon). He LOVES his Danimals!

 

Jack and the Bush! September 23, 2008

Filed under: Videos — julescruise @ 5:28 pm

Here’s a really cute video of Jack outside our house. Ignore how stupid I sound telling him to be “gentle” while hitting the bush! I had no clue Gerry was filming! haha! But despite me sounding like a nut, Jack looks really cute and he’s really happy to be hitting the bush! The video is pre-haircut.

 

Jack and Daddy on the Camel! July 15, 2008

Filed under: Videos — julescruise @ 12:17 am

Here’s the video of Jack and Gerry on the camel at the zoo!

 

Jack on his Truck July 15, 2008

Filed under: Videos — julescruise @ 12:00 am

Jack got a new ride-on truck, and he LOVES to drive it around the house!

 

Jack in the Ocean July 9, 2008

Filed under: Family, Videos — julescruise @ 3:13 pm

Here’s the video of Jack in the ocean for the first time. After he warmed up to the idea, he loved it. He calls the water droplets “bubbles” :)

 

Jack Playing his New Drum! July 7, 2008

Filed under: Videos — julescruise @ 11:32 pm

Grandma bought Jack a drum, and he loves it. He has this one at daycare and at My Gym, and he really enjoys playing it, so we got him one. He is singing “La Bamba” in this video! He learned it at daycare! Maybe one day he’ll be a rock star!

 

Jack Video! June 24, 2008

Filed under: Videos — julescruise @ 4:07 pm

I can post videos! YEAH! Here is one of him playing with the penny car.