We went to Chester Zoo!

I thought my first real post should be at least a bit exciting, nothing much happened today so I thought I'd write about out trip to Chester Zoo on Monday instead.
I haven't been for years and years, I don't think Simon had ever been, he said he might have been to Blackpool zoo once but isn't upper class like myself and couldn't afford to go to the zoo every weekend  :O he likes to imagine I come from a very posh family with butlers and maids for some reason. It's not true in case you were wondering, I think I've been about twice...




Anyway, we weren't sure how Aria would be, or even if she would notice the animals but it would be a nice family day out none the less.
Turns out she was fascinated with the fish and turtles, she was kicking her little legs like crazy and had a constant :O face.
She also liked the rhino who was having his tea, he was such a noisy eater like he was crunching stones, I wouldn't mind  but he was just eating straw!

Everything else was either too far away to grab her attention or too quick/slow/small for her to notice its existence.

We saw a giraffe who was constantly 'making out'  with the door of his house, he was licking and nuzzling it, causing Simon to do a  rather crude voice over of course.
We went on the butterfly journey, a big greenhouse type building with huge butterfly's fluttering around. I loved it until I felt a tickle on my back and hair :(
Similar to that was the bat cave, but ten times worse! I thought it would just be a few bats chilling out upside down, but there were hundreds! Flying about everywhere! In the dark! You could make out shadows of them but you only really knew they were there when they flew past your face and you felt a slight sudden gust of wind. Probably not something I would go back to see in a hurry I'm ashamed to say I acted like a little kid with my hands over my head stood in the middle of the room not daring to take another step. In fact even the little kids didn't act as pathetic as me.

I think Aria had a bit too much excitement she didn't really sleep much on train there or on the way round the zoo, so she decided to let us know how tired she was on the busy train home by screaming and grunting. The only way I could get her to calm down was by singing 'Time for your checkup'  from Doc McStuffins over and over again. Some of the things I see parents doing for their kids used to baffle me and I used to think I'd never be like that! I've definitely surprised my self to say the least.

We actually had a really nice day but it was so tiring! Aria has only just recovered from it now and it's Friday! She was so grumpy Tuesday and Wednesday, I literally couldn't put her down without her crying straight away. Luckily she seems back to her normal self again but I think we'll wait a while before having a big day out like that again.