a trip to the zoo

Back in September, the girls went to the zoo with Jim and their Mimi.

It isn't a zoo trip without lots of posing on the statues.

The girls thought that the baby flamingos were pretty cute too.

a spring break trip to the zoo

Back in April, when the girls had the week off school for spring break and Jim had a day off work, Jim took the girls to the zoo.  The first stop was the giraffes.

Then, it was on to the cat statues where the girls always want to pose.

They spent more time looking at animals.

Then, it was off to have some fun on the rocks.

Later, a mandatory stop at the rhino statue and animal posters was needed.

Springtime meant babies at the zoo too!

And, a trip to the zoo isn't done without a stop in the newly renovated playground.

a trip to the zoo

Towards the end of September, we visited the zoo.  It was such a beautiful day out.  The girls were excited to see the animals and play at the zoo.

Our first stop was the giraffes.

Next, the girls made a beeline for the lion statues as usual.

The girls also had fun with posing with and climbing on the elephant statue.

First, Jessica decided to climb on the elephant.

Of course, Jamison had to follow suit.

After looking at the tigers, it was off to ride on the train. Jamison loves to ride the train.

After seeing the bears, it was off the bear statue.

And, Jessica wanted to be a giraffe.

And, of course, the girls wanted to ride the carousel.

After the carousel, it was off to the children's zoo where the girls posed with yet another statue.

The girls had fun feeding the goats before we called it a day.

a trip to the zoo

A few weekends ago, Jessica and Jamison went to the zoo with their friends. All of the kids had fun posing on the lion statues.











The girls had fun riding the Little Puffer.



They also had fun looking at the giraffes.

our first "larger" family trip to the zoo

Well, at the end of July and many days spent at home, we decided it was time to take our larger family to the zoo. This was mostly so Jessica could spend some time running around outside.

Anyways, Jessica really did run around. It seemed that we spent the whole day trying to keep up with her.



Evidently she had lots of energy that needed to be used up. I'm glad we didn't spend the day at home.

She did stop to pose every once in a while to let her daddy take photos of her.



Jamison spent most of the day in the stroller or the baby carrier, so we didn't get any pictures of her really. She did get to ride the carousel though with Jessica. She's in the carrier though, so you can't see her. Here's to Jamison's first carousel ride. We hope she enjoys them as much as her sister does

yet another trip to the zoo

On Saturday, as part of an early Father's Day activity, we went up to the zoo since Jim loves watching the animals. It was sort of a rare day as we actually made it to Grizzly Bear feeding, which Jessica loved, and saw the kangaroos up and about (usually they are sleeping or simply laying down).



Of course, Jessica's favorite activities are throwing coins in the fountain, riding the carousel, and going to the petting zoo to feed the animals and brush them (in no particular order). I let Jim wander over to the big cats while Jessica did the petting zoo. This was probably a good call as she spent a lot of time at the farm. She decided that she had to use every brush to brush the goats. And, while there are normally 2 or 3 brushes out, they had at least 8 different colored brushes out that day, so it took quite some time for her to use all of them.

Here she is on the carousel.

our latest zoo trip

A few weekends ago we went back to the zoo. We always start off by going to the giraffe and zebra exhibit. This morning the baby giraffe was being especially frisky as it jumped and ran around.



Despite all the action, Jessica still likes the little metal giraffe donation box better. In fact, she demanded we take her picture with it.



Jessica's attention span was definitely short that day. She had gotten a map at the park entrance and wanted to follow Map around the zoo (like Dora in her adventures). Here she is skipping along with her map to the next exhibit.



And, back to frisky animals, it seemed like everyone wanted in on it-- even the lions and grizzly bears.

Another trip to the zoo

We did another trip to the zoo this past weekend. Despite all the animals, Jessica sees to have the most fun running through the tunnels near the giraffe exhibit.