The Zoo

Last Sunday, we decided to take a trip to the zoo since the weather was perfect. Also, Shannon had told me that admission was only $5 during the month of February and my hubby can't resist a deal like that. So off we went after early morning church. Well, it turns out the rest of Dallas can't resist a deal like that either...it took us over 45 minutes to park and buy our tickets. We thought we had made a huge mistake. The crowds, however, weren't bad at all once we finally got into the zoo.

Waiting in line SO patiently
What Matthew (thankfully) did while we waited in the long line...this didn't last long though of course ;-) Caroline immediately wanted to see the elephants. We saw some always-funny-looking baboons along the way:
Caroline said, "Why did God paint their bottoms purple?"....hahaha, my funny girl Walking up to see the elephants...so exciting

They were eating and were so close we could have touched them. Caroline was in awe and just stared at them with her eyes big and her mouth wide open.

Checkin' out the elephants with Matt

Then we were off to see Caroline's favorite animals at the zoo...the giraffes!

They were also so close we could have touched them...the zoo sells food to feed them out of your hand. Caroline watched them up close like this for a very looooooong time. She's still talking about it.

Looking at the cheetah

My sweet, precious bald, blue-eyed boy...I could just stare at this face all day. In the pic below, I think Matthew is thinking "eeeeeeeeeeeeek, mommy! don't let the sun burn my white head!"Matthew had this "stunned" look about him the whole time. He didn't know what was going on. He was a little happier once we took his pants off...he was hot!

More interested in his ball than the animals

Okay, you know you're the mom of a toddler and an infant when you see this lion basking lazily in the sun and feel actual, real jealousy of the animal. Oh how I wanted to be that lion right then. Am I crazy? I mean doesn't he just make you want to be lounging on a beach in Hawaii right now? :-)

The gorilla that was just "too scary"...I don't blame her

Looking at...

...this guy. I would NOT want to be caught between those teeth!

Caroline loved this big tortoise because it reminded her of a tortoise on a Little Einsteins episode:

The pics stop here. I had to sit down and feed Matthew so Matt took Caroline to the other part of the zoo. He forgot to take my camera so we didn't get anymore pictures. We loved our outing to the zoo...fun was had by all!