Doing the Zoo

In the midst of all of the craziness this summer we had a slow week, so we headed to the zoo.

A new snow leopard was born recently. Isn't she cute?

I'm definitely not an editor, but I do know a little grammar and I think this sign has a small problem. Can you spot it?

The giraffes are always a big hit with our children, so we never skip seeing them.

Insead of bending their knees to reach for something they practically do the splits to reach something on the ground. Isn't that funny?

The polar bear was more active than usual. Normally he's taking a nap when we stroll by.

That bear didn't look this big did it?

No comment. I'll let you caption these camels with their floppy humps.

It's nap time for these guys. Does this look comfortable to you?

How about sitting like this? 

The heat was on while we were at the zoo. It had to be close to 90 degrees that day. A dip in the water would have cooled us off nicely, but I don't think the elephant wanted to share his pool with us.

This elephant stayed in that water all afternoon. He didn't even need to come up for air. He just stuck his trunk up a few times.

Elephant ears!

I love watching the gibobons cross the bridge on their ropes, but I lalso love watching the spectators below. People watching is a favorite past time of mine.

I'm not sure that I've ever seen this hippo out of the water. I had no idea they were such a wide load, did you?

I'm that mom! I love making my children pose on sculptures and photographing them. As long as they get to climb on something they don't mind humoring me.

I asked this brown bear to pose and smile and he did.

This guy began teaching some weird propaganda, so I stepped in and rescued them after he told them the  earth was millions of years old.

The children were pretty confident in their jumping abilitles, so they had to see what animal they matched up with.

We ended the day watching a hyena demonstration.

Anna was so scared that the hyena was inside with us that should wouldn't even look at the hyena. That was a great way to end the trip to the zoo for us. Everyone was wiped out and ready for a nap.