I took the kids to the zoo a few weeks ago and we had a great time! When we arrived home and Joseph looked through the pictures, he asked where the pictures were of his kids with some cool animals. We are lucky there are pictures of our trip at all because I am not very good at remembering to take pictures, let alone bring a camera along.
Isaac fell asleep on the way there so we had to wake him up. I was worried that he would be cranky, but he was really excited to explore this new place.
We ditched our stroller early on because Isaac wanted to walk most of they way and be up close to see the animals. At one point Isaac turned his hat around. He looked so cute. People at the zoo were pretty entertained watching him explore.
Aaron was fascinated with all of the maps. We had to stop at every map so he could tell us where we were. I love maps too!
The double-decker bus saved us! The zoo is 18 acres. That's alot to walk through! We hopped on the bus a few times and took a ride around the zoo looking at different exhibits. It was a great way to see the zoo and a great break for all of us. We tried the top level and the bottom level of the bus, the jury's still out on which one is the best, we all voted that both had it's advantages.
Aaron led us all over to the hula-hoop competition. I didn't even know he knew how to do it! His moves were really cute to watch! He made funny faces and twisted his body every way in order to keep that hoop up.
We closed the place down at about 9:00 that night. Right before we were ready to go, we realized that our annual passes include unlimited rides on the skyfari, which is a gondola that takes you from one end of the zoo to the other. You can feel the cool ocean breeze and see the skyline of downtown. It was very cool to ride on. I rode with Aaron and Isaac and Brynn and Abby were able to ride together. They felt so mature doing it on their own.
The funniest and most irritating part of the day for me was seeing the adults that take a MILLION pictures of the animals. Most of them are taking pictures through glass. Really, how good can their pictures be? I am sure they could go online and find a much better quality photo of a polar bear. Almost all of these are adults there with no children; I know that the zoo is not just for children, but you would think that people going to a zoo would expect that there would be children there, and you would hope that they would be able to tolerate that.
The zoo is a welcome place for kids, it's these crazy animal-loving, human-hating, the world is overpopulated-adults that hang out at the zoo that get to me. They get sooooo annoyed with the kids at the zoo. (It must be the overpopulating thing.) When one of them found out all four of my kids were mine, she gasped, "Oh my G%$, that's too many!" She caught herself and said, "Well, they're beautiful, you must be very proud." Anyway, one particular guy was smashed up against the glass with his point and shoot, taking a ton of pictures of this jaguar that was walking back and forth. There were tons of kids that couldn't see the jaguar and this guy wouldn't budge! Parents finally just let their kids crowd around him so they could get a peek of the jaguar. This guy was MIFFED! His girlfriend walked over and as they scrolled through his pictures he said very loudly, "I would have gotten alot more, but some parents don't know how to keep their children away from the glass!" I could not believe my ears. Here he was, nearly 6 feet tall, with his body and point and shoot pressed up to the glass while the little 2 1/2 feet tall toddlers could see nothing but his backside. He needed his mommy to get him away from the glass! Aside from that it was a great day.
We loved the zoo and can't wait to go back!
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