Friday Zoo Day

Decided that it was time to take advantage of the weather, packed a picnic, loaded up Sophie, got Z from school and headed to the zoo. We had a nice lunch and walked to Texas in search of the merry go round. The kids loved the merry go round, and then we had a nice train ride (round trip of course).

We took a good amount of time looking at the animals in Texas. This is usually our last stop, so we end up going quickly. This time we watched the sea otters for a while, explored the gulf coast exhibit (Z touched a star fish!), went through the rattlesnake and bat exhibit (yuck!) and walked back to the front.

Thankfully, the penguins were back from vacation and we got to watch a feeding and see them swimming. Sophie loved it, as did Zachary. On our way out, we also got to peek at the kangaroos and fish in the Australia section.

To top it all off, both kids slept in the car on the way home!

We are so lucky to have such a wonderful zoo, and it was the perfect day to enjoy it!