roo at the zoo

we received a family membership to the zoo for christmas (thanks aunt becky!) so we decided to finally check it out a couple of weeks ago (been busy, sorry. you should be used to this by now.) the kids were very excited. pickle was especially excited to see "efflents" but unfortunately the elephants moved out a while ago.

ready for action cheetah. this thing could so totally jump out of its enclosure if it really wanted to.

african wild dog

children's zoo

i had to force the kids to stick their heads through, but after this Q became obsessed with these things and wanted me to take his picture on/in every one

see.

checking out the barnyard petting area before entering

getting ready to groom the sheep. that's when the fire alarm started going off and we had to vacate children's zoo. we never made it back. sorry children's zoo, you're just not as cool as crocs.

an eagle with an eagle

it was peacock mating time so the boys were strutting their stuff. it was awesome. i love peacocks.

the view from behind

maybe this lady is interested?

the kids loved these baby jaguars (and not because of dora and diego.) they were very playful, chasing each other around the enclosure.

the snow leopard were totally trying to catch birds in the tree in their enclosure. it was awesome.

caroline loved the little bronze animal statues sprinkled throughout the zoo. she stopped to pet each and every one.

we love to pose on rocks

the reptile house - one of our most favoritest spots

no real elephants but thankfully the efflent statues were enough for pickle

barilla! (not the pasta, the monkey)

another favoritethe zoo trip concluded with simultaneous meltdowns because we did not get their faces painted. we totally would have but the line was probably an hour long and they were very tired and crabby already. we promised them we would do faces the next time.