Trip to the Zoo

We bought a family pass to the zoo awhile ago and we have really enjoyed the purchase. With the animal obsession within our house is it any surprise that the zoo is a big hit? 

Caleb and me, checking out the red panda pelt. Gotta love that Caleb's head is already too big for that hat. Big heads run in the family.

The boys love this tube through part of the aquarium.

 

 Posing in front of the elephants but pretty much blocking them completely...

In the monkey area. Caleb's face here is classic. Zach loved sticking his head in the hole but we never managed to get him to look at the camera.

At the chimpanzee viewing area. I don't think my kids were capable regular smiles for the camera this zoo trip.

Lovely shot of one of a chimpanzee, courtesy of Derrick.

In front of the giraffes. Don't let his expression fool you, Caleb had a great time.

As a special treat we took the boys on the carousel ride. Both boys (Zach in particular) beg to ride every time and both get terrified when it comes down to actually riding it. Caleb looked so scared the ride attendant made Derrick get off his seal to stand next to Caleb.

Here's evidence of the head lock Zach had me in before the ride started. He calmed down after it got going.

Random story - Zachary has a backpack with a pull up handle. Lately he's been filling it up with animals and dragging it around the house. At first he called it his suitcase but then changed it to his "zoo" case. Pretty clever. I was impressed.