Flying through the ZOO

Well a couple of weeks ago we had planned on going to the zoo for preschool and with the crazy weather we've been having it kept getting canceled. That doesn't mean my kids were going to forget about it, so last Friday we took a trip to the zoo by ourselves. They both felt inspired to wear flying attire so Johnny dawned his Superman cape and Alex a pair of pretty pink butterfly wings with matching antennae. I don't know if it was the costumes but we really did "fly" through the zoo, I don't think we spent a whole minute on any one animal. I don't know that it was the zoo that had them so excited or just the fact that they were out running around, can't wait for some consistently warm weather to come our way. I have to say, they did manage to stand out in the crowd though; every head turned as they walked by. One little girl was sad that the butterfly exhibit was closed and so the Dad pointed to Alex and said "there's your butterfly" and the girl's face lit up in a smile. Most of the girls asked their Mom's if they could be a butterfly and the boys were calling Johnny "Super Boy". I knew I had to capture it on film and my battery was dying quickly so when we came to the bridge and no one was on the other side I asked the kids to hold hands and walk slowly over the bridge. Luckily for me they are well trained and knew that if they didn't, they would have to try again until Mom got the shot she wanted. So it only took one shot and when my battery died I was almost relieved that I could put the camera away and just walk around the zoo without trying to capture it all on film and knowing that I already had the shot I had pictured in my head when they decided to wear their costumes to the zoo. I love my picture editing program!