Zoo Trip

Today Jon and I took vacation days and took Juliet to the Houston Zoo.  It was a beautiful sunny day in the low 70s.  It was nice to sleep in and play without having to rush and get dressed and out the door.

We got to the zoo around 10 and started out at the elephants.  For some reason, I guess because of how big they are, Juliet was a little scared.  We wandered around and caught a glimpse of the Cheetah as it was running to hide from people wanting to see it.  Of course that started her saying kitty kitty over and over.  

We then went to the new African Forest area where we played in the huts and with the masks.  We saw the monkeys, there was one very active one and it wanted to play with the humans.  It would run up and hit the glass and run off.  The other 2 were more my kind, they laid in hammocks the whole time.

Next we saw the rinos, which got her attention.  For some reason she liked looking at the rinos.  We still hadn't found the giraffe's and that is what mommy likes.  Finally we rounded a corner and there they were.  Their enclosure reminded me of the Ft. Worth Zoo.  It was more of the open enclosure type.  They have a baby giraffe that is a week old today.

Then we saw the sign, feed the giraffe, of course we had to do this.  OK, yes, $5 for 3 pieces of lettuce is a little high, but who really cares in the grand scheme of getting to feed a giraffe.  Well here is my scenario, we get up there, I feed the giraffe and Juliet hangs on to me not wanting to feed it.  Well here is what really happened!

Can you believe it?  After being afraid of an elephant that is 40 feet away to being right up close to the giraffe!  She enjoyed this and so did I.  We found the lions and the bears next but they were not very exciting, they wanted to lay there and sleep.  Then we found the duck pond...  Two hours at the zoo and in that child's mind all we saw were ducks.  She loves ducks, almost as much as bunnies.

Then it was on to the mingos (flamingos) and the zebra and we decided it was time to go.  She was getting that it's nap time look on her face and the last thing we wanted to do was spoil a really fun day with a hissy fit right there at the end.

But not without stopping to see the meerkats and the sea lions.  The sea lions were very active and she got to see them swim and jump lots.

All in all it was a very fun trip, we came home and took a 2 hour nap then went an had lunch around 3:30ish.  Chicken nuggets for the little one and Chipotle for the parents.  We came home and spent time together watching TV and playing toys.  It was a wonderful vacation day.  Now it's nite nite time and she is fighting it tonight.  

Make sure you are checking out flickr.  I post tons of pics there that I don't post here.  

Love to all, Laura