Day at the Zoo

The Portland Zoo is really spectacular.  We bought an annual membership when we came to Portland and have gotten our money's worth as we've been here at least 4-5 times already.  Ollie, of course, loves it.  His favorite animals include the bears, the monkeys, the otters, and the elephants.  But his favorite exhibit of all, hands down, is...

The Digger

We sat at this construction site within the zoo grounds for about 30 minutes.  Like most little boys, O.T. loves trucks, and tractors, and diggers, and machines that I don't even know the names of.  In this photo, Ollie is riding in his favorite little blue car, a birthday gift from Auntie Becca and Mimi.  We go just about everywhere in his car (when he isn't insisting on using his walker).  Notice that he keeps at least one hand on the wheel at all times (:

After the zoo we went to the Children's Museum, which is right next to the zoo (the parking lot is shared.  Brilliant!).  The museum currently has two outdoor exhibits:  Outdoor Adventure on one side, and The Maze on the other.  I thought I came prepared when I brought his sun hat and his walker, but I'm learning that in order to be truly prepared for any outing with this kid, I should always have water shoes and a dry pair of clothes on hand as well.  I should know this by now.

He was a mess.  And those cute leather shoes will never be the same.  But he was happy (:

The maze was also fun.  We found the end.  Hooray!