Embarrassing moments at the zoo...and home

As a parent, I never know what the day (and night) will hold. Caylin had a croupy cough last night so I decided to keep her home from school today. I took the girls to the zoo to enjoy the fresh air and sunshine. We always begin our trip with the ducks and flamingos, and hang out with them for at least 10 minutes or so. When we were ready to move on to see the monkeys, we took one last look at the flamingos and they just happened to be mating. Now, it was a very crowded day at the zoo today. Caylin yells out in excitement "Mom look! That flamingo is getting on the other ones back!" I could feel the crowd of people turn to see how I was going to respond and I quickly said "Yeah, I see that! He's getting a piggyback ride!" Someone then comments "Nice answer, I was waiting to see how you were going to respond to that one!". I laugh and we move on...

So that was not so embarrassing, as a parent I no longer get embarrassed as easy. We stopped to have a snack and Anika was running all over. Taking the girls to the zoo by myself is always a challenge. Caylin typically stays close by but Anika is a busy body and likes to run! Heading to our next stop, I chase after Anika and I hear Caylin say something, I hear "big big" and without thinking, simultaneously, I look up and see a very large women walk past as I say "What?" I then realize what Caylin was saying and tried to talk loudly about the next animal we were going to see. But Caylin's voice got louder as she said "THAT IS A BIG BUTT MOMMY, THAT LADY HAS A BIG BIG BIG BIG BUTT!" I continued to try and talk about the next animal, which I then realized were the Hippos...so along with Caylin talking loudly about "THE BIG BUTT LADY" I was talking loudly about the Hippos! After the lady and her family pass, I explain to Caylin that what she was saying was rude and to not say that. She then continued to whisper to me over and over "she has a big butt mom, the lady's butt is so so big".

I ended our trip after that in fear of what would happen next! Whew! I love being a mom!

Ok, so I needed to add one more thing to this post. Before dinner tonight I was out watering the lawn saying hello to the neighbors as they walk by. I then look over at Caylin who has decided to take out the training potty and use it for her mud pies...