LA Zoo and the Beach

Michael decided to wake up at 7:30 this morning when he normally wakes up at 9! I think he was really excited to see his friends at the zoo so he woke up extra early to give us enough time to get to LA by 10am. We saw sea otters, flamingos, alligators, chimps, gorillas, lions, a tiger, giraffes, eagles, tortoises, and many more 'sleeping' animals. I guess it was just way too hot for them to be out playing. We saw a few rams, and this one Mexican dad told his kids they were goats! LOL. Maybe he should read the sign and teach his kids properly? He probably thinks eagles are just really big birds.

Michael didn't really care much for the sleeping animals. He loved the sea otters, the roaring tiger, tortoise, and eagles. If you ask him what a tiger says, he will roar but his sounds more like "aargh"!

After the zoo, we headed to Huntington Beach to celebrate Denise's 3rd birthday. It was Michael's first time playing with sand at the beach, and he absolutely loved it! He went crazy with his shovel. He had sand in his hair, eyes, ears, nose and buttcrack! We finally met the two little Browns - Zachary and Wiley who were born just a few weeks ago. They did what babies do best...sleep! Michael tried to share his sand toys with Zachary, and he was insistent that Zachary hold the toys, except he didn't realize that the baby is still just a baby and can't play yet. What a nice boy! He would make a great brother someday...just not today. =)

Where's the chimp?

Betcha can't pet an alligator like me!

Oh the warm sand feels good between my toes