In honor of Aunt Bekah's birthday last weekend, we wanted to go apple picking again. But due to the frost earlier in the year, there were no apples to be picked... at least that's what we were told. So, instead of picking apples, we went to the zoo!!! It was a fantastically gorgeous California day (right before the Santa Ana winds hit and all those crazy fires broke out). We had a wonderful day enjoying the animals that our very creative God created on the fifth and sixth days of creation!
Some of our favorite rare animals that we saw were: the Clouded Leopard, the Serval (a small leopard, also nick named the Giraffe Cat), the Miniature Hippos (and the regular sized big ones!), the Polar Bears, the Alligators & Turtles (some had really long necks!), the Fishing Cat, all sorts of BIG SNAKES & reptiles, the Komodo Dragon (he was HUGE!), African and Asiatic Elephants, the Giant Pandas (we saw 3!!!), and the Sea Otters (they were "frolicking" in the water), Gazelles (I told the kids that they are Biblical :)!), Dik Diks (these are Isaac's favorites -- I think he just likes the name!), lots of primates - including a really cool exhibit of the Gorillas (they were right in front of the glass, next to the viewing area)... and that's not even a quarter of the things we saw!!!
Here we go!!!
We also got to enjoy the birds-eye view of the zoo by riding in the Sky Tram! The kids were waving and shouting "Hi!" to everyone on the passing trams :) It was so much fun!
Our little Seth was chosen as a volunteer for one of the shows. He got to do a magic trick where his one little sponge bunny turned into 2 little bunnies. I was proud of him for being a good little helper for Dr. Zoolittle!
Days like these make my heart feel so full... I thank God for allowing me to be able to build memories like these with my children!
My 3 silly Sun Flowers :)
2 comments:
Mommy how come you didn't write about mercats(I don't know how to spell it).Where are you going when we go to Grandma and Grandpa's house?
I can tell you had such a fun day and made great memories! Your kids are so adorable and so fun to be with! I loved hearing them talk about the zoo and all the cool things they saw.
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