Our Trip to the Zoo

Beau and I have been trying to capitalize on our last few weeks "alone" with Elijah. We had been planning a trip to the zoo and Aimee found us a coupon for free tickets! So Friday morning we got up, went to eat some yummy Mexican food for breakfast, then headed to the Zoo. It was a beautiful day (a little humid, but you get used to that here). This was Elijah's first trip to this zoo. We had a great time. Here are some pics from the day...


"Take a Cheese!"

Elijah was scared of this frog. He really thought it was real.

This was the "petting zoo". Elijah was so funny. He only would touch the backs of the goats. He would slowly walk up to it, touch it quickly, then run off like he thought it was going to "get" him. Everyone thought it was so funny.

"Hey goat..."

"I'm being like a goat, Mama"

We, of course, had to play on the playground.

Then we rode the carousel. Elijah loved it.

Some of the animals we saw...

One of the funniest things of the whole trip was Elijah's love of birds. Now this is nothing new, he's always loved birds. What was funny is he seemed more fascinated by the pigeons on the sidewalk than any of the animals in the cages. Then, like in this picture below, we are looking at bears and Elijah was only interested in the duck that was in the mote...

Komodo Dragon

We tried taking a family picture...

Then a man offered to take one for us...

We had a blast. I was "walking" (more like waddling) pretty slowly by the end of the day. I was hurting from walking so much, but it was worth it. This zoo is pretty neat...they have a long standing tradition of allowing their patrons to bring in food and drink so we brought a little cooler and we were able to have a picnic mid-day. It was a really nice day!