Bobo and the Tractor Farm

Arin loves trucks and cars, so it was no surprise when he was set into fits of joy over getting to ride and 'drive' a huge tractor!





It was a windy day and there was a big metal windmill that Bobo found almost as fascinating as his tractor.



I just loved all the crazy faces he kept pulling, he was having so much fun!





Checking out the whoosing windmill again:



Showing mommy how to drive a tractor:



Now he has to show Momo how it works:



There was a peacock sitting on the other side of the fence. Those things are LOUD, they make shrieking noises that sound just like a baby crying out, very distracting.



They are pretty though! Maybe instead of chickens I will start raising peacocks.



This was so cute, Arin found a bench and sat up on it like a little old man in the park... all by himself!



The petting zoo was closed, but you could still ride on these horses!



I think he would make a grand little cowboy. How young is too young to ride a horse?



Loving that windmill!


Hahah, the sign at the entryway to the zoo has enough faces for a family of eight!



Love this one!


And this is when you know it's time to head home...



These were all more pics from the Franklin Park Zoo, and in spite of the last picture we all had a fantastic day!

Animals at the Franklin Park Zoo

Here are more pictures from Mother's Day, when we went to the Franklin Park Zoo. They had a pretty good selection of animals and exhibits, not too many that you couldn't cover them all. We got there after the petting zoo was closed, so I'm sure that would have taken up a lot more time, knowing Bobo! ;) The Stone Zoo is closer to us, but they don't have lions or tigers or giraffes... just bears.


They had an ostrich in with the wildebeast and the zeebas:... it was freaky.



The zebras had really pretty coats with very sharp markings... nice!





One weird thing was that the whole time we were there, almost every animal we saw was completely zonked out... I'm not talking about they were napping or 'sound asleep'... they looked dead or drugged. Check out the lion:



Arin tried to get anywhere and everywhere he wasn't supposed to be, of course.





As far as camels go, these looked pretty well-groomed... but they were HUGE.



And here is an exhibit featuring a 'Wild Bobo''




Finally Momo had to go rescue him as apparently this field is filled with 'prickers'. I didn't see any prickers, let me just say.



Approaching Gorilla Space Mountain:





Here we saw two monkeys playing... and then stop playing to "hug" each other:















More pictures of the Bobo coming up later! :)

Mother's Day Zoo

Happy Belated Mother's Day to everyone!



I have a bunch of pictures to put up and write about, but I've been busy preparing for finals and other stuff that I have a backlog. I hate backlogs! ;)



Here's a little bit of our Mother's Day... I hope everyone had a nice one, we certainly did! My Mom, Arin and I went to the Franklin Park Zoo (they were having a Treat your Mom day)... then drove around the Blue Hills Reservation looking for the Arnold Arboretum (for a very long time) then took a little... detour through downtown Boston. We finally made it home, and Julie had made us a yummy dinner of Chicken Marsala, and a very tasty golden lemon cake for dessert. Not to mention that the weather all day was completely GORGEOUS, a perfect sunny spring day.



I took a lot of pics of sleeping animals (they were all just PASSED out), and I'll maybe put up more later. We'll see how I do on my final and if I feel like facing the world afterward!


(This is what I wish I were doing instead of my project.) Ciao!