Team Robison: County Fair and the Zoo

We took the kids to the Davis County Fair, which I was extremely excited for. The fair was advertising for a petting zoo, pony rides, elephants, diving dogs. Unfortunately, for some reason we ended up going at 1 p.m. at it was miserably hot. Matthew had a good time, though. He was a bit of a chicken in the petting zoo. Mark had to hold him the hold time, and he would just quickly reach out and touch the animal and then swiftly pull his hand back, but he would smile the whole time. There was also an exhibit where these dog would competitively jump into a pool of water. Apparently it's a sport or something. It's been a month, and Matthew still talks about the "Dog jump in the water." He's gotten to the age where he remembers events and talks about them for weeks.

Two weeks ago, I took the two kids to the zoo after Hannah's 4 month checkup. It was my first big solo outing with the two kids. I decided to take my umbrella stroller, which was a great choice. Matthew pushed it around the whole time, but he's just tall enough to be able to see where he is going. I have one cute story from our zoo trip. While we were walking back towards the exit, Matthew was taking forever. Suddenly, he lies down on his stomach on the pavement. "What are you doing?" I ask him, to which he replies, "I'm swimming." Then he actually starts trying to swim, kicking his feet and swinging his arms, slowly inching forward. It was hilarious, and utterly random.