ZOO DAY MEMORIAL DAY, THE SECOND DAY

my husband is this constant mystery to me. nearly ten years in and there are all sorts of things about him that still make no sense. for instance. he claims his favorite food is spaghetti, yet he always turns down an offer to get dinner at italian places.

but there exists this magical pocket of brandon-ness where i know i've got it made. i know i can do right by him, if only it involves: conversations about the merits of high rises with a balcony over brownstones with a green space // sunflower seeds // eddie vedder // any new flavor of chip or soda made by dorito or mt dew // discussing however many floors tall the new construction in our neighborhood has gotten to that day // going to the bronx zoo.

sometimes i let him feel morally superior to me because i possibly missed the cutoff to being a "gen x-er" by maaaaybe one year. he really enjoys that one for some reason. 

on friday we went to see the bronx zoo. brandon's first time! as luck would have it we made it there on the coldest, drizzliest day of our lives. we were so under dressed. even looking at these photos makes my toes feel numb. but we stuck it out, because the bronx zoo, even in lousy weather, now that is a fun afternoon. and because for that brandon of mine i would count the floors on sky scrapers and listen to grunge rock that i pretend not to know the words to and dump shelled sunflower seeds into the garbage can until my dying day. 

a few photos from our zoo day the second day, the bronx zoo edition.

▲▲▲ this boy and his "pack pack." he wears it constantly. thank you laura for our fresh summer kankens! 

▲▲▲ the tiger exhibit at the bronx zoo is balls to the wall. we were there right at lunch time so they were just hanging out on the rocks, waiting on their antelope drumsticks. this was worth the train ride there, full stop.

▲▲▲ these sweet snuggling monkeys made me so intensely happy.

▲▲▲ how cool are all those horns hanging out under the eaves. something i can't get over about the bronx zoo is how many animals we were able to see. it may have been the weather, but everyone was out ready to party.

▲▲▲ the butterfly room!

▲▲▲ this cold wet toddler was a trooper. you know how well-intentioned people like to declare a kid's future based on whatever random thing he's into at the time ("he's going to be a fire fighter!") if i were that sort i'd peg this boy as a future zoologist, he loves him some animals. buuuuut i'm not, because that's silly. we'd be a country of princesses and truck drivers if two-year-olds were any indication of things.

p.s. we've always used a kanken for holding huck's diapers and snacks, it's the perfect size and shape and they're waterproof too. my friend laura sent us a matching set of kankens over the weekend and we felt pretty misty-eyed. laura's shop, johan's-son, is rad. she specializes in swedish goods and has a really great eye for curation. 

p.p.s. 

my romper is from anthropologie 

huck's tee is from cute attack.