Zoo Day

We hadn't made it to the zoo at all during the summer and decided that we would wait until school started back up and go then.  My good friend and her kids were going with us and she picked her birthday for us to go.  It was a beautiful day, we have been fortunate to be having such great weather for so long, and there was absolutely no one there to boot!

Our plan was to try and get there by 930 and head to the giraffes so we could feed them.  We didn't make that but were able to cone in on the feeding and they are just amazing animals.  Both my kids loved it and thought it was fascinating.

When we got to the monkeys one of them saw us started "talking" to his friend who then decided to come out and they put on a little show for us.  It was pretty funny.

Around noon we had our picnic lunch and Knox and Calvin decided that they were birds and doing some bird calling.  They were pretty cute and loud!  After we finished up we had a few more animals we wanted to check out.  We made our way over to the bears, elk, and leopards.



When we were looking at the Komodo Dragon Alyssa said "Mom, that is so cool he has a pool and a beach!  He is so lucky!"  I laughed and told her it wasn't exactly a pool or beach and she said it is for him.  Good point!

The bears were very active that day.  We were watching them for awhile before we went down to the viewing area by their pond.  The kids were both checking out the fish in the water when one of the bears came and got it.  Knox got a little frightened by the bear because he came up and stood up against the window.  It was pretty amazing to see.

This was one of our last stops and the kids were all starting to reach their limit.  I had one more stop to make before we headed home.  Since it was Michelle's birthday I took everyone over to Trophy Cupcakes in Wallingford.  I don't get the cupcake craze at all but I know my kids love them, hers had never been and it was her birthday so you need dessert!

The kids all enjoyed them as did we.  I would have thought the kids would have fallen asleep on the way back but no such luck.  They were all being crazy and making up stories etc.  It was a fun day had by all!