Last week, Brian was lucky enough to score FREE tickets to the zoo from one of his co-workers. We were set to go on Saturday BUT a little trip to Urgent Care changed our plans. So today, despite morning rain and gloomy skies, we packed up our lunches, sunscreen, camera, bug spray and off we went.
I must add an aside here, how old is too old for strollers? We saw many children, who appeared to be older than Claire(who looks older than SHE is) in strollers? Yes toward the end(as you will see) she was DONE when it came to walking but shouldn't you as a parent know your child's limit and when they hit it, leave? I don't know, maybe I just look at it differently....
Not really sure what is going on in this picture.
Claire is anti-camera lately but that does NOT explain what I am doing.....
ROCK.....no RHINO ;-)
Pointing out some Zebra's
Claire was so cute here. She is really beginning to interact with others now. A little boy walked up and stood next to her. He said to his mom "Look, Zebra's" and in the most matter of fact voice, Claire looks at him and says "Yup, they're Zebras." It was so cute....
Feeding Mr. Giraffe, poor Daddy just missed her handing over the leaves.
Totally majestic animals aren't they?
Picnic lunch time :-)
Glaring Claire
Her new favorite face.
Yup, that's me....riding a camel.
Her name was Red :-)
Monkey in the middle.....heehee.
Our Oriole
hoppin' it!
Super slider
Turtle face
I have to say, that's a pretty decent picture
centered and everything. Not bad, Daddy!!
Of course, one more thing would have made it perfect but.....
Hitting the end....
Not 10 minutes into the ride home.
She had so much fun!
Just a funny story to share along with this post. While we were at the Polar Bear exhibit, Claire totally captivated an older couple. The bears were lounging around, panting because of the heat. For the entire trip, she has been talking about what she would do when she is a zookeeper(do not get excited, her future profession changes daily) Anyway, she starts saying: "Mommy, when I am a zookeeper girl, I'm gonna go right in there with the polar bears and show them how to go in the water. They can be cooler in the water." That's the extent to which I remember but she had the couple captivated, they kept looking over at her and smiling. Also during the trip she was very interested in the plaques(she called them maps) that tell you about the animals. She wanted us to read each one to her. If she wanted to know what a certain animal ate and we did not know she would say: "Let's check the map Mommy." I Love how curious she is!!
