Arizona 2012: Misc., Etc., Fun

Closing his eyes to count while playing hide and seek.

With a giant doughnut Mr. Cool and Grandad Cool found.

Studying his Playmobil catalog.

Arizona 2012: First Zoo--PHX Zoo

While in AZ, we took Lincoln to his first, but not last, zoo. We hung out with a lot of animals--here is the wee lad with mom near some zebras. (Note Lincoln is wearing an L for Lion shirt, and I am wearing Pamba Toto giraffe earrings. Why yes, I am a huge nerd.)

He tried to get as close as he could to the animals--including this gazelle, whose exact name I have forgotten. He would have climbed into enclosures, if we allowed him too. (Don't worry, we didn't.)

Giraffes were the first animals we saw--and they have a beautiful giraffe enclosure, with multiple animals in the same paddock, including ostriches and more.



We also loved all the turtles in the water--here Lincoln and Mr. Cool check out some sunning turtles.

Arizona 2012: Swim Sweater Forever!

Do you see that flotation device Lincoln is wearing while swimming happily toward the camera? It was mine. Yep--and it still inflated and worked great. Ah, the construction of items before planned obsolescence.

He also loved having Mr. Cool "fly" him up in the air. I'm not sure how Grandad and Grammie Cool felt about this, but they loved that Lincoln had a great time in the pool.

And, of course, lounging poolside in Grammie's glasses.

Arizona 2012: Travel Snapshots

The best thing about staying in hotel rooms--bouncing on the beds! Oh, and this cracked me up--one hotel we stayed in in New Mexico had a red theme, and another had a green theme. He called them New Mexico Red and New Mexico green, and he doesn't even know about chiles!

While we whiled away our car hours, we enjoyed a little Auto Bingo--a game destined to become more and more fun as he grows up.

The biggest winner for killing time in the car, though, was a Playmobil catalog. I think he spent about four hours reading this catalog.