The Zoo

Can you guess where we went…

 

We have an awesome zoo here in the Springs.  Our favorite animals on this trip were the giraffes (as usual), the huge moose staring at us, the otters eating their frozen trout and playing in the water, the bears eating a 5 gallon Bomb popsicle, and the baby gorilla playing with his enormous dad. 

It was Teddy Bear Day at the zoo.  We LOVE this special day!  The kids bring in their stuffed animals and there’s a huge tent where they check the animals out.

You first go to the triage table and get checked out.  Then if they need stitches or fixes, they are sent on to another table.  They could be sent to the x-ray table and get x-rays.  Then they also have a table where they bandage them up and fix broken “bones”.

Jerrica’s “Stitches” is her bear she got at the hospital when SHE got stitches.  She told the lady that the exact same scenario happened to Stitches that had happened to her.  So they sent her to get an x-ray of Stitches brain and then bandaged him up.

Pam the Pig had broke her leg and was put in a splint.

Of course there were lots of other booths and fun things.  Jacob won a CD from a local radio station, the kids got free ice cream cones, coupons for bowling, and MY favorite was the icy bottled water they handed out.  It really is a fun event at the zoo!

The girls got their faces painted.  Jerrica chose a snake to scare me the rest of the day because she knows I hate snakes.

 

My little tiger cubs….

The one had her dad pack her around because she wore new shoes and was in some serious pain.  Stephen is always so good to pack his kids.

We are soooo excited for the elephant exhibit to open this Fall.  It looks like it’s going to be awesome.  For now though, we will enjoy feeding the giraffes.  I like this picture because Kaylee is in awe that she is petting him and he looks annoyed that she is all out of food.

In that last picture, there was a baby giraffe and Ashley kept telling it to go drink her mom’s milk that the leaves were only for the big giraffes.

I always find it interesting where the kids want to spend money.  The big girls were all over the Dippin Dots, where the little ones wanted the carousel.  Each as content with their choice as could be.

 

And one of my favorite photos of the day (even though the whites are all blown and bright), is of my youngest AND oldest.

Sure love the zoo!  We definitely need to go more often.