Daniel wanted to go to the zoo for his birthday. I tried convince him to pick something cheaper, but really, his heart was at the zoo. He misses the days when we had a membership there! It was a foggy morning, but we knew it'd clear up and be pretty good.
The tiger was first one of the first on the list. As usual, he is pacing about on his well worn path.
It is amazing, of the the very few animals from the animal kingdom that are at the zoo, what a lot of variety, what different abilities, colours, diets, habits.
We attempted a photo shoot. It is not an easy thing to get everyone to look. And smiling when eating? Nope, that's too much to ask.
The baby gorilla was showing off to us, tossing a blanket around and had the youngest kids giggling like mad!
We saw the penguins get fed. They didn't swim for us though.
Lunch break. Despite it being November, it was warm enough to eat outside. A touch chilly when the breeze blew, but otherwise, just lovely!
Climbing on the zoo's vehicles is perhaps more exciting than actually checking out the animals.
Where is the rhinoceros?
Zebras and zebra cars. Which get more attention? ;)
The giraffes were inside. Pacing. I see why some people thing zoos are cruel. It does seem a boring existence.
After we went through the last section Jennifer's feet were sore. Evelyn was tired. So Nathan and I carried a kid each, and we made it back to the van. I was happy to get away without using the stroller. It was lovely!
2 comments:
I wondered if it hurt Jennifer to remove all those elastic from her hair. Cute though. Looks like you had a fun day with the zoo pretty much to yourself!
It did hurt. But she wanted her hair like Esta's was on Sunday. It was the best I could do as Jennifer's hair is long, blond, smooth and fine, and Esta's is short, stiff, thick and dark.
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