We decided one day last week to visit either the zoo or the beach on Memorial Day. Well, the ocean temperature was less than 75, so our decision was made for us. Knowing that Zack has no sense of time, we didn't tell him until we got in the car and picked up Gramma where we were going. He was pretty excited, and we talked it up and made predictions (that's the teacher in me) in the car on the way there.
When we got to the zoo, we road a bus (which Xander kept calling a train, since the tram left as we were walking up) to the Africa side. We started with the aviary, where we saw some really cool frogs (yellow and black striped ones called bumblebee poison frogs and pretty blue ones too). Xander was pretty excited to see them, and they were really active! We saw several birds once we were inside the aviary, including three or four bright red ibis up in a tree and this peacock that was walking around on the path. Mark's favorite part was when they walked up on a zoo staff member who was feeding the birds. He was throwing the food into the air and the birds were swooping down to catch it.
I wasn't sure at first how to take pictures, because I knew that a bunch of pictures of animals would be pretty boring. Here's a picture of Xander looking at the flamingos on the way out of the aviary. I finally decided that I could take pictures of the boys looking or posing in front of the animals, so you will see lots of those.
Zack with the gorilla, and, for those who know the inside joke (ahem, Susan), it was not of the round-faced variety :)
No, the frog's not real, but Xander was enthralled anyway. I practically had to drag him away.
Hanging out in a giant ostrich egg...they had several statues and places like this where the kids could climb and play a little. It also made for some good pictures.
Riding a rhino...and look, even Daddy is having fun!
"El-bant!?" That's what we heard lots of times before we got to the elephants. We had to keep telling him we were going to see the elephants, but he had to wait. He finally got his wish!
And here's my kid chasing an ant on the ground
Awww! Hug the elephant!
Zack wanted pictures on all of the statues and such that they had.
See those two little (big) brown humps in the water above Zack's head? Those are the Mama and Baby Elephant cooling off in the water. They were splashing and diving and rubbing on the rocks. Xander went back to Gramma and told her about it: "El-bant, spash, wawer, bath!"
Taking a break before lunch, and Xander wanted to hold Daddy and Gramma's hands.
There were at least four giraffes, and the dark one (just to the right of Xander's head) was right there, eating breakfast (or having a snack). "Girash!"
The lioness
Xander looking at the lions (or playing with his face). You can see two lionesses and the lion in the background.
WOW!! That's something big off my list of to-do's! Hope you enjoyed hearing about our trip!
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