Today's Zoo Trip

Here are some pictures from today's trip to the zoo.

We decided to let the kids ride the carousel today. Here's a picture of Rooster.

GH was nervous at first.

Big Dog looked at me like I was crazy when I put him on the the giraffe.

Before we went home we stopped by the farm area. The kids always love petting the goats.

A Zoo-rific Day

Today we went to the zoo. It's been a while since we've seen the wild cats and bears. So we made sure to hit those exhibits. Rooster was a bit disappointed that we didn't make it to the jungle this time. But, the zoo is far to big to hit everything each time we go.

GH LOVED the bears. I think it was his favorite part of the trip today. Here's a picture of him banging on the windows.

Rooster loved the farm area.

We took some photos with bronze statues. Before I had kids I thought taking pictures with bronze statues was really stupid;) But, now that I have kids I think it's kind of cute:)

This one makes me laugh:)

Then we went to the aquarium. It doesn't matter how close people are allowed to get to the animals. There will always be someone who wants to get a bit closer. At least Big Dog has never made it into a tank:)

Today GH learned that he towers over a Macaroni penguin. This is important to know in case he ever meets one in a dark alley.

Our trip to the zoo

The aquarium was a big hit as always:)

Big Dog usually has a pretty strict "Don't touch weird things" policy. But, surprisingly enough he touched lots of interesting things in the Touch Tank at the zoo. Rooster was completely grossed out.

It's hard to be a lefty in a right handed world.

Rooster loved seeing all the birds. We were in the sensory garden in this picture. She loved the toucan, macaw and other assortments of parrots.

Time to pose with some statues.

If you have older kids I suggest taking Skyfari. It looks like a great way to see the rhinos, elephants, giraffes, and birds. I think Big Dog was more interested in the people being flown across the sky than the animals in the exhibits. Maybe next summer we will try it.

Were the otters able to entertain GH?

Nope, they were otter failures:) That's a little Penguins of Madagascar joke. GH did have a great time at the zoo. He seemed to really like the aquarium. He loved the jellyfish. He also enjoyed the jungle.

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.