The Zoo

WARNING!!! There are a ton of pictures in this post.



Before I get to the zoo, I wanted to tell you what I did with my aunts after swimming. We went to feed ducks at the park. It was getting dark when we got there so we couldn't stay long, but it was totally fun.









Aunt Denise was trying to get me to blow kisses to her dog who was laying near by.







I liked doing this better:

So apparently a zoo is a place where you get to see lots of wild animals that you wouldn't normally see just around where you live. Here are some pictures of the animals we saw:

Apparently there is a baboon sitting behind me. You can see its pink butt by my elbow.

And way back by the fence there were some rhinos.

And behind that bush is a tiger.

I'm sure you can tell that I found all of these animals absolutely fascinating.

Here's what I thought were the most interesting parts of the zoo.

The big bag of popcorn mommy bought me after I kept following around another family that had some.


Aunt Kari chasing me around and around with the stroller.

A squirrel that was running free and came right up to me!

All of the birds!

Rubbing my blankie around in the dirt outside the elephant area. (I love watching Mommy shake it out when it gets dirty.)

Seeing all of those animals was exhausting--especially because it was in the 80's that day and pretty humid. So before leaving, I got to play in a fun water area that has water shooting out of little holes in the ground. I had a blast until the water shot up in my eye.

The very last thing we did was ride on the carousel that had all kinds of animals on it. Mommy put me on the tiger since that's Daddy's nickname for me. I swear it was fun, even though my expression is less than thrilled.

I had a super fun day.

After a three hour nap we all went out to dinner and had a super yummy dessert. It was a warm giant cookie, served slightly undercooked in a pan, topped with vanilla ice cream. YUM!!! Mommy's frient Liz made us a modified version at her house: bake two or three preformed Toll House chocolate chip cookie (slightly underdone) and top with ice cream. When we visited my grandparents the next day, my uncle Mark made his version by baking homemade cookies in a glass bowl. Anyway you make it is delicious!