"We beat most of the crowd," Jared observed as he and Shell sat in the back of the Range Rover with EJ. "Give me a high-five, dude." He put his palm up to EJ who smacked it, with a toothy grin to his uncle.
"At least we don't have to park out in no man's land." Hannah grinned as she looked back at her son. "Are you ready for the zoo?"
He'd been once before a few months ago and he'd loved it. They'd been promising to take him since. For a moment, she glanced at him. Recently he'd lost the baby fat he'd had in his cheeks, and he was starting to grow taller, filling out, and becoming leaner. She had a feeling his second birthday in a few months was going to be much harder than his first had been.
"Yes!" he answered, his face showing her all she needed to see. The excitement there was palpa
