The zoo opened at 9am, but the exhibit didn't open until 10, so there was quite a bit of waiting to be done. We got to meet some really nice people while we were in line, though. And Daddy and KP ran around and explored other parts of the zoo while I stood in line.
The elephant exhibit is pretty cool. Oh, did I mention that I still haven't charged my camera battery yet? So these are all cell phone pictures. I know. I'm married to a photographer, and yet we always seem to be without a camera.
The giraffes are probably the coolest part of the whole exhibit. You can buy food for them for $5, but we skipped that and just got really close anyway. Remember, this is a cell phone picture, which means no zoom. They were seriously this close.
This is from the other side of the enclosure. I think they must let them roam somewhere else when the zoo is closed, because that just doesn't seem like very much room for so many giraffes.
KP loves the statues that they have all around the zoo. He likes to play with them, and he keeps asking "It's not on?" I don't know if he gets that the real animals don't turn off. :) So, we just reassure him, and then he's fine with it. They have a statue of a wart hog by the monkeys, and after we told him it wasn't on, he started picking its nose. Yeah. That's our boy. Allllll boy.
Our trip to the creek wasn't really photo worthy. He didn't want to change when he was done, though, so we just let him hang out in his swim trunks.
After a couple of attempts, he finally got to ride in the nest. A little 6 year old also wanted in the nest, which worked out great, because she was small enough to fit in the nest (unlike mommy), and strong enough to turn it (unlike KP). KP loves any merry go round that has one of these spinny things on it. I can't wait until the State Fair this fall. I hope they have teacups, because this kid is going on them!
KP was even nice enough to let Daddy have a turn with him. :)
All in all, it was a great day at the zoo.
xoxo
Margot
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