dads at the zoo on channel 2

This past Wednesday the boys and I braved the rain to meet up with some other dads at the zoo. KATU news was there to interview some of the dads for a piece on a growing trend of SAHD in portland. The group I'm part of is a yahoo group where dad's post events that they are doing for others to join in on. They are mostly hikes that are a bit tough with the three boys but every once in a while there are the meet ups at Posies for music time or this event at the zoo. I wasn't interviewed on camera but the boys were filmed a lot for the B roll, that's my shot at using news lingo, so tune in February 5 @ 6 PM Channel 2 in portland to see if we made it into the story.

zoo lights

We went to Zoo lights last night at the Portland Zoo and it was amazing. The place was packed and we had to gently push our way through crowds but there were lights everywhere. It was a magical scene and Finn was soaking it up. He was running and skipping around he was so excited and when we saw the train all lit up his joy bubbled out into a spinning little dance. The train had a line half way around the park so we decided to hold off on that trip until next time we come and with out membership that will be sooner then later. Finn decided that his cousin Jake would love this but Milo and Toby might be too little. He thought about it a bunch, how much those guys would like this and what part would be the best for them. He said we would need a bigger stroller to bring the babies in, maybe two strollers. It was really great for me to see the lights but even better to see how much Finn loved them.