Trip to the Zoo

Somehow we missed the bus this morning when it stopped at our house. We were planning on going to the zoo in the afternoon. So we took this as a sign that we should just go early. It worked well because we missed rush hour traffic.

The kids had a great time. We went to the Jungle exhibit first.

Rooster actually touched this little guy. Unfortunately I didn't get a picture of that.

The kids loved the waterfalls. GH was especially impressed.

Rooster spent a lot of time admiring different types of birds.

We always try to get pictures of the kids next to the model penguins. Big Dog was really impressed by them.
Big Dog was excited by the model penguins but that didn't prepare him for the real penguins.

GH enjoyed watching the penguins swim back and forth.

The aquarium was probably the favorite stop during the trip. Big Dog loved the penguins. Rooster said her favorite part was the sea horses and jelly fish. GH seemed to love the aquarium tunnel.

GH loved watching the fish. Whenever he saw this one particular orange fish he squawked with excitement.

Rooster admiring the jellyfish. I was really excited to see the new butterfly exhibit and I thought the kids would be too.

This picture reminds me of the cartoon show call The Littles.
The kids saw a few butterflies. But, didn't really enjoy the exhibit.

We saw some big cats. Big Dog loved growling at them. GH wanted to see the cats but couldn't see them from the stroller. So I had to pull him out of the stroller at every display.

This guy walked beside us for awhile. Then posed for this picture. Isn't he wonderful!

GH and Rooster enjoyed being up close to the primates. Big Dog wasn't really impressed with them.

Big Dog was impressed with the Dwarf Mongooses. We talked about them for a while and he giggled, pointed and exclaimed "Mongoose!" He was pretty impressed with them:D

Anyway, sorry for the huge post but we had a great time.