Zoo adventures

Elephants are so amazing to watch, we love seeing them each time we go to the zoo.
They had all of their Christmas decorations up so it was nice to see some holiday lights and decor.

Madison next to the giant Santa.

The three munckins watching the seal sleep while the other seals swam around as fast as they could. Usually they are all sleeping but today they were quite active.

Getting ready to feed the giraffes. This was the first time that the kids actually did it themselves. They usually want Mommy to help but today all they needed was a lift up. The giraffes are very large and can be frightening to little hands. Carson was amazed with their purple tongues. They are actually black but we will let him think they are purple. Madison learned from the keeper where giraffes live... in Africa.

Madison and Carson petting the stingrays. Carson wasn't able to pet one, but Madi did three times and was so excited.

Getting a good reach down to the botton to try to pet the stingrays. Note to self... next trip to the zoo in the winter bring extra shirts as they get wet at this exhibit.

Carson loves to pet the goats and brush their fur. I think that this may be his favorite part of the zoo trips.

We decided to try to go to the discovery center, but I did not know that they would not be open today. I think they are just open in the summer, but oh well. We decided to go to the zoo and enjoy our last week day of Mommy's vacation. It has been awhile since we have been to the zoo. We only had an umbrella stroller so that would be interesting. Usually Carson gets tired and wants to have a ride. Surprisingly they all did well. We were only there for 2 hours and with it being cold out this morning that was long enough. We saw birds, elephants, flamingos, fed giraffes, watched the tigers, orangutans, pet sting rays, pet goats and sheep, saw emus and kangaroos and funny looking pigs (that was from Madison.. this is what she recalls from our adventure). We will definately have to renew our annual membership when it expires. We love going and learning about all the animals that are in our zoo.

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