A morning with the animals

Last Friday I spent the morning at the zoo with the kids. It was a perfect day for the zoo. The sun was shining and it was in the 70's. Since most kids were back to school, it was not very crowded. It's never fun to be rushed through certain spots because there is a huge crowd waiting behind you. I like to let Ben take his time at whatever he's interested in that day. In the African section, the swamp monkeys were really active. Ben enjoyed watching them jump around and wrestle with each other! I hope we'll be able to fit in a few more zoo days before it closes in October. 

 No long wait for the safari car!
 Lucy did a good job in the stroller for about half of our visit. Then, I had to switch to the carrier. She does love being able to see everything going on around her.
 The leopard was walking around and jumped right up on this branch while Ben was watching. He thought that was so cool!
 The giraffe area only had a couple people, so we were able to stay for a while. After feeding another giraffe, we can over by Jelani to see what he was doing. He kept rubbing and rubbing his head against the post.
 Ben's ride pick of the day was the log ride. He likes to be in front and warn me of the "rapids." :)
 Lucy enjoyed the ride too...although in this picture she seems to be questioning the log ride choice.

We went through the farm to brush the goats and made a quick stop to feed the ducks before heading home. Another successful trip to the zoo! :)


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