The Zoo

A cool, crisp autumn morning.  After a little breakfast, we decided to head to the zoo in our fleeces.

We checked out the Alligators, then the Pelican and ducks.  Parker makes a "gop gop gop" sound (quack) and makes a pincher motions with his fingers every time he sees anything remotely bird-like. So we heard a lot of those today.

Maia was eager to check out the penguins, which we did.  She did not care for the smell in the aquarium.  After a stop for a snack, and a visit to the frogs, we went to the petting zoo area.  

This turkey was pretty impressive.

Maia wasn't sure she wanted to pet the animals at first.  She ran from animal to animal almost, but not quite, touching them.  Until she saw you could brush them.

oooo, feels like a football!

Brushes? That changed every thing. 

Then she had to brush every one of them she could get her hands on.  Cows, goats, sheep.

 

Not the turkey.

 Parker and daddy watched from the side of the pen.

Parker was delighted to run down this woodsy path and play on this wooden train.   

 And Maia made new friends with every kid within 3 years of her age.

This time the monkeys were a lot more fun to watch, but by the time we got to them, we had one sleepy boy, and one hungry girl, and decided that the rest of the zoo would have to be seen another day.