Our kids earned a trip to the zoo so the Monday holiday was a perfect time for us to go. We wanted to get an early start to beat the crowd but we let the kids sleep in a little after a night of games at grandma and grandpa’s house. We got there around 11am and took our time visiting each animal. Pete and Amanda’s family met up with us around noon and the kids had a blast together. The animals were mostly indoors and lazy so it wasn’t our best visit but we did get to see everything and the weather was so nice – after so many cold cooped up days it was great to be outside.

I think Packer is picking a nose in this one. Silly kids.

Mr. Mom

I ended up with lots of pictures of the backs of their little heads. I’m sure they have curious happy smiles on all of their faces.

Here are my favorite pictures:

Ray was curious. He was also tired and grouchy but he seemed to enjoy it.

Millie being a Happy Baby. Ben took care of her and got her to sleep. She was too young to notice any of the animals.

Benji was anxious to run ahead this year and explore. He LOVED having cousins there with us.

This bald eagles nest was pretty cool!

Happy Kids! that’s why we do these family outings!

Cali and Julia – Cute girls. Cali loves copying her older cousins

Rose and her map. Which way to the Tiger? They all enjoyed using the map and trying to find out what was next.

Packer was “Mr. Take My Picture” 🙂 and yes that Flippee is glued to his head.

The kids LOVE the animal statues – almost more than the real animals – I guess because you can climb all over them – We took a picture or 3 or 4 at all animal statues!

 Ray did Kiss the otter.   

Rose did whine if she didn’t get prime animal seating.

The real animals for you animal lovers out there… Monkeys are always fun. A favorite this time were the Otters. The Rhino’s were being fed so we got to see them up close. Most of the “cats” were asleep but the Cheetah was on the prowl. The Polar Bear did not perform his swimming back flips this time but he’s still cool and Giraffe’s are always fascinating: