Zoo 2013

Our first trip to the zoo this season happened today. Looking through old posts it was later in the season last year, but it was also the Saturday before Easter that we went for the first time.

We got to the zoo about 9:30 and went straight to the children's zoo. Colin was very unimpressed and Alyssa just wanted to run.
So we left the children's zoo and started towards the Elephants (what Colin wanted to see) on the way to the Elephants we passed the bug house. We said we were going to stop. This made Colin mad and after almost every bug he would say "Elephants now". Alyssa loved searching for each bug in their habitats.
We tried to get a picture of Colin and he refused, so we asked if he would let me take his picture after he saw an Elephant and he said yes.
  So off to the elephants we went. As soon as we saw the first elephant he turned around faced me and said "cheese".
When at the monkey exhibit there was an orangutan that was sitting against the glass with a blanket over its head. There were a fair amount of people when we first walked up, but after a few minutes the crowd thinned out to just our family and a zoo keeper. At that time the orangutan took the blanket off its head. Alyssa walked up to it. I told her to stay back, but the zoo keeper said that it was okay and that "Robby liked kids" so Alyssa walked right up to it until she was almost nose to nose with her.
  She started to talk to the orangutan, well this brought more of a crowd, so Robby put the blanket back over her head. Alyssa started to talk to her again and she would peek out from the blanket. Alyssa stood there playing peek a boo with this monkey while everyone else just stood around and watched. It was cool to see the interactions.  
 Almost every animal was out and was easy to spot. So the kids enjoyed seeing all the animals.
We ate lunch at the zoo and then headed home. Colin caught a quick nap and so once we were almost home we decided to head over to the church so we could rake some mulch and do some outside things.
   The kids had fun running around and playing while Chris and I worked. It was then decided that I would stay and work a little longer and Chris would take the kids home. Well as they were leaving, Colin was climbing into the car and somehow fell and smacked his face on the cement ground. He has two nice scrapes and goose eggs.
   The kids had a great day and were excited to go to bed so that they could wake up for the Easter bunny tomorrow.