Zoo Day

The first officially day of summer for us when Liv didn't have school, I decided we needed to do something out of the ordinary to celebrate.  My poor boys keep telling me they don't remember going to the zoo ever which of course needed to be rectified immediately, so I decided to celebrate the start of summer by taking them to the zoo.  It was a perfect day a little overcast so cooler temperatures.  Camden exuded high decibels of excitement all day.  In what can only be considered a yell, "Mom, look a giraffe (monkey, elephant, etc...it went on all day for each new encounter)!!!"
They had on display around the zoo some ginormous bugs.

And the kids made a habit of screaming every time we encountered one of them.  All kids wanted a turn drinking of of this lion's mouth drinking fountain.

The kids had to climb on every statue around the zoo grounds.


They truly seemed to fit right in with the animals.

Here they are sitting in an Eagle's nest.

We made sure to catch the elephant show.  One of the elephants painted a picture on canvas with their trunk which Liv was pretty excited about.  The sea lion show and tricks were a highlight as well.

 The kids were sad that we couldn't see the tigers, but then Camden found them sleeping off in a distance and was pretty excited about that.  Carter is showing us how an awake Tiger would be acting.

All the kids were thrilled when this brown bear came right up to the glass to check them out.

  I got tickets for the carousel and train.




 We packed a lunch from home, but I let them share a cotton candy.

 It was a fantastic day of fun with my kids at the zoo.  It was the first time everyone could walk on their own and we didn't have to deal with strollers which felt like a major milestone.  Great way to kick off the summer!