Zoo Time With Friends

An official Ella play date!  No Addy friends, no Addy, just Ella and another 2 year old.  Poor second child only gets play dates with Addy's friends and their siblings, mainly because we don't know a lot of kids her age that aren't in school on the days we have off.  But E's school was closed today, so her friends were out and about and we met with a friend for a play date at the zoo.  Granted, I'm not really sure they were close friends until today.  Our play date was with the little brother of one of Addy's good friends.  Just happen to be talking to their mom at a party this weekend and she mentioned a trip to the zoo, so we tagged along.  I know Ella and Ian see each other in the breakfast room at school, but they are in separate class rooms most of the day.  They are good buddies now though!

And randomly, as we were walking through the African forest, we ran into the parents of my friend Dan.  They had Dan's little one out for a day at the zoo.  So it was Ella and the boys hanging out in the African forest.  Here they are posing with the rhino cut out.  They were all balanced on a step behind the rhino and I think Jake is holding on to Ella to keep from falling off.  Pretty sure the step is for adults to stand on, but Ella doesn't seem to accept that theory and she always jumps up on it.