Call me crazy but for some reason I decided to take some of the kids from the children's ministry to the zoo over Spring Break. I knew that it would be packed, but never expected how packed it would actually be! I should have known, since the next time the kids are out of school is summer, and who really wants to walk around outside in Houston heat in the summer anyway? But it was Spring Break, and I wanted to do something fun with the kids since they were most likely bored all week long. I am thankful Justin had that Friday off of work so he was able to come along too--he is such a great supporter of my job! After finally getting to the zoo and finally finding parking (okay it was really the guys who had to deal with that), we split up into groups so we could keep track of all the kids. Justin and I had 8 kids in our group, which seems completely managable--but it was way harder than I imagined it being. I sadly didn't get many pictures because I was too busy making sure I had all 8 kids with us at all times with crowds surrounding us constantly. I felt like I was counting to 8 every minute.
All that to say, apparently, we were acting like parents as many people mistakenly thought these 8 children were ours! Justin played the typical Dad role, picking them up so they could see the animals over the crowd, and playing with them...the dads really do seem to have all the fun! I was the typical mom, yelling at them to not leave my sight and kept telling them it was time to move on to the next animal. I mean, how long can you really stay and stare at the same animal anyways? (Actually it was more of my husband I kept having to tell to move on). So after the first person commented about our "8 children", I thought "aww so sweet, she thinks these children are ours". You know, the typical woman thought process :) then the 2nd time someone commented about it, I thought "wow, do we seem like we actually have 8 children?" Then the 3rd time it happened I thought "really?? Do these children look anything like me?" I don't have a picture of all the kids, but here are 5 out of the 8:
Now don't get me wrong, these children are absolutely adorable and I love them dearly! But as you can see, they don't resemble me much. Me being as pale as they come, I just didn't see it. But in case you may not know, Justin is in fact half hispanic. Some people notice it right away and others don't see it at all. When I first met Justin, I definitely noticed his tall, dark, and handsome good looks, but I had no idea he was half hispanic. We both got a kick out of people thinking these sweet kids were ours, and now we're even more curious as to what our children will look like. I do hope they get Justin's olive skin :)
