The Zoo

We have not been to the zoo in a REALLY long time. I think the last time we went Ellie was under 1 year old. I've been wanting to go back and think about it often, but it just never seems to happen. Today was a beautiful day, so when the thought came to me that we should go to the zoo...we went! I'm not one to do big outings spur of the moment, but I definitely wanted to be outside today. It was so fun! The kids loved it.

Ellie does not like animals to be anywhere near her. If a dog is walking across the street, she will come to my side until it passes. Even when we go to the pet store there is hesitation when approaching the animals in cages. I was hoping she'd enjoy the zoo and she did. She was a little hesitant at first, but once she realized the animals couldn't get anywhere near her, she relaxed and loved looking at them.

This was Cassidy's first trip to the zoo and she learned something very important...animals are stinky. For every animal that we saw, she either said, "stinky" "PU" or plugged her nose and made a weird face. She did enjoy seeing all the animals. She said her favorite was the baby elephant.

As usual, Mason enjoyed himself. He doesn't really have any problems with animals. He loves them all.

Checking out the rhinos.

Mason pretending to be a rhino.

Mason just read a book about turtles, so he had a special connection with these guys.

Tigers are so amazing to see in real life! They are HUGE!

The giraffes!

Going for a train ride.

Cassidy insisted that she sit on the seat by herself. I tried to hold her hand through the ride, but she didn't want that either. She wanted to do it all by herself (that made me a little nervous...the train goes fast!).

Every zoo trip must end with playing with the wet, ball, spinny, statue thing.