Gust Gab: Como Town

Thursday, August 30, 2012

I could swear it was just summer - and here we are, dark of night by 7:30 pm.
BOO!

Playing catch up with my pictures...

We had us some great fun at Como Town and Como Zoo not too long ago -

Hails, in true fashion...asked me to take pictures of this, that, and the other thing...

I won't bore you with those...but I will share eleventy dozen others...

We tooled around the zoo and actually took in the Sparky the Seal show - for some reason, all of these years later and we've never actually sat through the show...
Eh...He's (She's?) no dolphin...
Still, pretty darn cute though...

We wandered though the conservatory a little bit...oh how I love it in there...
Incidentally, we were married there 8.5 years ago...

I'm not sure if the kids had any fun or not...
The (not so little anymore!!) guy in the red was part of our 'party of five' -

This guy...Well, he isn't so much into the rides. He rode one of these cars around...but wasn't terribly impressed...I wonder if he'll get a sense of adventure about him one of these days? Mr. Serious........

These two couldn't get enough of the adventure rides...laughing...laughing...laughing...

I pray that they will always feel this comfortable, this carefree, this happy.

Ride after Ride after Ride...

At one point, not wanting to miss the fun...

Buddy hopped on the Frog Hopper too...

But...one trip up in the air and he wasn't so sure...

Pretty sad really...How much he doesn't love rides right now...

Thankfully, all you have to do is raise your hand and they immediately stop the ride and let you off...

Poor Buddy.

And while most of us in this house boycott any sort of 'swing' carnival ride...She was more than happy to give it a whirl! Who IS this little girl and WHERE did she come from? Our quiet, anxious, reserved little girl? Well, she's pretty much all grown up now!

Laughing...

Ah, yes...

There is nothing like a great friend to spend the day with is there?

Friday, July 3, 2009

As promised...Here are a few more shots from our recent outing to Como Zoo and Como Town...I always love going there - Como holds a special place in my heart...
Not only we married in the beautiful Marjorie McNeely Conservatory - but Como Zoo is where I was the last time I talked to my dad...

My roommates and I (the hubs was one of them at the time) had piled into the car and headed to the zoo on an unseasonably warm February day...My parents called and we visited a bit...and I told my Dad I had to go because I was at the zoo ~ the last thing he ever said to me..."I hope they let you out!"
He always did have quite a sense of humor!

Como never disappoints...
See for yourself!

I sure love the giraffes ~

And the sad looking Monkey-People...

The lil Baby guy was ADORABLE!

The big turtles are always a huge hit - but D wasn't sure why he couldn't ride one -

They also had their Blooming Butterfly Exhibit going on again this year which is pretty cool ~
This pic does NOT do this butterfly justice - it was the biggest butterfly I've EVER seen...EVER! The size of a dinner plate at least!

Of course, any visit to the Zoo is also worth a quick stop in Como Town...

Hails had no problem taking a back seat to the boys...

In fact - she found it pretty fun!

She and P took a spin in one car ~

This picture scares me a little bit, as it shows me a bit of the future...they are 3, not 23!

But this guy wasn't too happy - we were all hot and ornery and tired...in fact, I wasn't sure we were even going to be able to MEET our friends there after the night(s) we'd been having leading up to playdate day...But I didn't want any of us to miss it...so we tried anyway - (and were glad we did - mostly!)

He came around - but then big sister 'sat out' and refused to go on any more rides - which was ok - because D and P had each other...Too bad the place was so crowded - Not only was it the 4th of July Weekend - It was Como Town's 5th Birthday and they even gave out FREE CAKE!

We've gone before where they just let the kids ride the rides til they feel like getting off - a heck of a lot easier than unstrapping a grumpy 2 year old and bringing him back to the end of the line again - the way he sees it - he should just be able to stay on the rides til he's ready to get off!

The boys havin' fun ~

The moms each rode in the tea cups with the boys - the whole time D was yelling at me - 'GET OUT of HERE! THIS IS FOR KIDS! YOU ARE TOO BIG!'

Shoot! Had I known the ride wasn't too scary and too spinny for him - I'd of let him go alone - or with P - but I wanted to make sure! I SOOO cramped his style ~ and he let me know it too! I could have gotten some GREAT shots of the boys on the ride had I not been stuck in a spinning tea cup!

Next time...and there WILL be a next time - as Como Town sent us two complimentary unlimited ride wristbands for submitting some photos to their website!

WOOT!

The adorable Mr. P.

Nothing like a good old fashioned corn dog - They always taste better when you get them someplace other than your house! And you have a good friend to share them with!