This weekend my sister and her family were with us for a couple of days. Our highlight was a day at the Cleveland Zoo. Enjoy the recollections of a memorable day!

[8:30am]
“What cereal do you want for breakfast?”
“I don’t want cereal, I want peanut butter.”
“We’re having peanut butter sandwiches for lunch, so we’ll have something else for breakfast.”
“But I want peanut butter for breakfast. I’ll have turkey at lunch.”
“We don’t have any turkey.”
“Then I’ll have cereal for lunch.”

[9:30am]
“Ok, AG, time to go potty before we go to the zoo.”
(a few minutes later…)
“AG, why are you crying? Take your hands out of your mouth. I can’t understand you. Why are you crying? You need to go potty so we can go to the zoo.”
“Aunt Kristi, why is AG crying?”
“I wish I knew.”
“AG, why are you crying? Take your hands out of your mouth. I can’t understand you. Why are you crying? You need to go potty so we can go to the zoo.”
“Aunt Kristi, why is AG crying?”
“I wish I knew.”
“AG, why were you crying? Didn’t you need to go potty?”
“No.”

[10:00am]
“Well, we’re only leaving an hour after we planned. That’s not too bad!”

[11:00am]
“Does anyone need to go potty?”

[11:20am]
“Why are her pants all wet?”
“I don’t know! Her pull up was dry.”
“Yep, she’s still dry.”
“Then why are her pants all wet?”

[12:00pm]
“Look, guys, there’s an orangatan right next to the glass! He’s huge!”
“Look at this hands and those huge things on his face! This is amazing! AG, come over here – he’s looking right at you!”
“Look, Mommy, there’s FISH over here!”
“AG, come see the orangatan! This is so cool!”
“Look, Mommy, there’s FISH over here!”
“AG, we can look at the fish later. Come see this orangatan!”
“The fish are coming over to me!!” [jumping up and down]
“Josh, come see the orangatan! There’s the baby!”
“Mom, AG’s looking at FISH!”

[1:30pm]
“This zoo is awesome!”
“How late do you think we should stay?”
“Well, it’s open to 7pm…”

[2:00pm]
“Does anyone need to go potty?”

[3:30pm]
“What do you think about just staying another 2 and a half hours or so?”
“That sounds good. I have some stuff we could have for dinner.”

[4:00pm]
“Does anyone need to go potty?”

[5:00pm]
“What do you think about heading home now, grabbing chicken nuggets on the way, and sticking the kids in bed as soon as we get home?”

[5:30pm]
“Does anyone need to go potty?”
“Good job, AG, you have kept your pull up dry all day at the zoo!”
“And it runs down my legs.”
“What did you say?”
“Oh, THAT’s how your shorts got wet.”