We had a family outting to the zoo! When we got there, we made a quick decision: we could either pay $77 for one visit with parking OR $125 for a whole year of zoo visits with parking. No brainer. Before I get all tied up in a rant on the irrationality of the zoo for doing this, I'll quickly get into how much fun we had!
These pictures loaded funny, so they are not in the order that we went through the zoo or how I took the pictures. But I took them and we did enjoy ourselves! :) Also, Evie was there because we took her out of school so she could be with us. Our justification? It was a beautiful day, Grandma took the time to be with us, and what's one missed day of kindergarten in the long run?
Evie and Lizzie practiced balancing every time we had a curb. Or a rock border.
We saw some really funny-looking giraffes...
Evie really loved looking at the big cats. I loved this cheetah. The pose and the look on it's face make me want to caption it with Drusella off of Disney's Cinderella, when she sees Cinderella in the dress and Lady Tremain asks if the beads 'give it just the right touch'. Drusella answers "No, I don't! And I - Aah! You little thief!" This cheetah's face is the "No, I don't!" moment.
Evie was making funny faces at her reflection on a popcorn cart.
I can't decide which of these two sisters poses I like best.
The kids were pretty excited about the marble ball floating on the water.
What's got the sole attention of these two?
This dinosaur! It moves and roars and is really neat to watch. Carson couldn't decide if he was thrilled or terrified.
The girls loved this unconventional teeter-totter. I thought it was pretty fun, too.
Every time we've been to the zoo, we've tried to get a picture with this baby gorilla in the monkey house. We probably won't try to get it every time we go anymore...not if we go as much as I want to this summer!
After walking around for two hours, the kids needed to burn off some steam. (More? yes. more.) So we stopped at the playground area. Evie tried the climbing wall for the first time. It was a little tougher than she expected.
So Daddy helped.
Then Lizzie needed help.
All the while, Cole slept in the stroller. He actually did wake up and eat while we were in the fish and reptiles house, but did really well in the stroller otherwise.
We are so excited to make use of our zoo pass and see the animals a lot more this year!
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Aren't zoo prices crazy?! Sooo expensive! We don't have a zoo here, but we might get a pass while in Idaho to go to their zoo. Then we can use it at other zoos too. :)
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