The Friday before school started (I know I'm kind of going out of order here- but I had all these Instagram pictures that I wanted here on the blog... and I'm just now getting around to doing something with them), I wanted to do something fun with the kids to cap off the summer... So we went to the zoo. Again. I don't know how many times we went this summer- but it was a fair amount. The kids LOVE it... and who am I to complain when I can hang out with my kids all day and they come home so exhausted that they are angels for the rest of the day?
Anyway- we normally only stay until it starts to get hot, but on this day- I promised them they could stay as long as they wanted. They were so excited. Ty loves the new polar bear exhibit- so we hit that very first... and I have to admit- it is pretty cool. Part of the bear's house is in water which is held in by a huge panel of glass. Visitors can hang out on this side of the glass and watch the bear swim- which we did and he came right up to the glass and just stared at the kids. Kate ran away- but the boys hung out for a good fifteen minutes with the bear.
Ryan likes the tigers- but they weren't out... the zookeepers were cleaning their cage. He was kind of bummed- but settled for an elephant show later. Have you seen the elephant show? It's pretty cool!
And Kate loves the monkeys. All the monkeys. She jumps up and down and shrieks at them... it kind of makes me wonder which one should really be in the cage... :)
We stopped for lunch and a drink- and then we were back at it. We rode the Carousel and played on the playground. We watched a wild bird show and finally... we ended up on the train. All three of them insisted on riding together- which was the perfect opportunity for a picture. It was such a fun (and exhausting) day- I love these little ones!
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