A Day at the Zoo

Yesterday was a beautiful day so the kids and I went to the zoo. Papa had to work so we are planning to go again with him soon. Before leaving the house, the kids posed for a picture (Pequeño has been requesting having his picture taken and will stand still and say "cheeeeeeese").

We spent a little over 3 hours at the zoo and still hadn't checked out all of the animals. But my back was really bothering me (I've been having issues with it lately) and the kids were willing to go after having eaten. While we were there, all of the kids had a great time. The older two made themselves bracelets. Little Bear made his black and white (like a penguin) and Pudge wanted all different colors (He strung some of the beads but mostly told me which color to use). While we made the bracelets, Pequeño watched the penguins. 

Then we walked to see the otters. On the way there, we stopped to look at a striped skunk (Little Bear told us that it must have it's stink bag removed.) and a porcupine (where he told Pudge not to get too close because he could get hurt). 

They were all excited to see the farm animals. They got to feed and pet goats, "milk" a cow, and ride pedal tractors.

Then we took a break at the playground.

And had a snack (which we brought).

Next they fed fish and watched ducks,swans, and turtles. (Pequeño was napping at this point.)

Then we walked around a little to let Peaueño sleep and look at the other animals. 

When Pequeño woke up , we headed back to where the kangaroos were. Since you are able to go into the area where the kangaroos are (with the guide), I had wanted to wait until Pequeñk was awake. The kids were so excited even though they have done this before. Little Bear was telling us kangaroo factswhile we waited for our turn to go in. All three smiled the entire time that we were in there.

Then (at Pudge's request) we went to see the wolves.

Do you see the wolf right in front of Little Bear? It's camouflaged pretty well with the rocks!

This was going to be our last stop but on our way to grab a snack before leaving we stopped and saw the birds of prey, a teepee (the kids got to check out the inside), and a peacock that walks around the zoo. 

The kids all fell asleep on the ride home and took a long nap once we got home. As soon as Papa got home they were running to tell him all about their day.