Last week Erik suggested that we get out of town for the weekend to celebrate our upcoming birthdays...what a great idea! Given that it was only 2 hours away (i.e. Landon's limit in the car) and the fact there was a zoo and a beach, we headed down to South Padre Island.
Much like the
aquarium, Landon wasn't terribly impressed by the zoo experience except for some monkeys swinging from trees and some turtles scuffling around. There were tigers, bears, giraffes, rhinos, hippos... everything! But he stared the most at turtles. It was a wonderful small zoo (Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville) and I would recommend it to anyone else in the area.
The beach on day one didn't go so great when Landon encountered a small wave while sitting on the beach and he took a slight topple as a result. He sent his best scornful look towards the ocean ("You jerk!") and didn't want to unsnuggle from daddy's arms much after that. Thankfully he warmed up to the beach on day two when we brought his walker down for him to explore things on his own. And by explore things, I mean run after seagulls with reckless abandon.
Below are some of our photos from the trip. Enjoy!
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| It looks like he's smiling at us! |
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| "Hey, wait a minute... this one is a decoy!" |
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| Cute, but slightly "Heeeere's Johnny!"-esque. |
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| Landon's most joyous moments of the weekend were spent opening and closing cabinet doors in the hotel. Seriously. |
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| Dad and Landon take a break while at the sea turtle conservancy. |
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| Landon being wistful. |
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| Landon being wistful... again. |
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| Landon being wistful... in mommy's arms. |
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| Trying to catch seagulls. |
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| "Hello, ocean. So we meet again. Jerk!" |
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| "This sand part isn't so bad at all!" |
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| "...Until it gets on your hands. What IS this stuff?" |
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| Landon finds a shell; refuses to put it down for quite a while. |
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| Rare shot of mommy. I exist :o) |
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