This summer we bought a zoo pass! We haven't had one in several years, and since this was the summer of no yard, it seemed the thing to do! So far we've gone four or five times. We'll plan to go all year round on Saturdays and school holidays. Lots of fun, especially when it's not so hot outside!
Caylie and Tessa. Tessa doesn't stay in the stroller for long!
Justin and Samuel and a gorilla friend.
Justin is usually wearing this hat when we're out in the hot sun. Jim got it in Vietnam in 2012.
Cutie pie Tessa.
I could be a sea lion. All they do is swim in the water; lay in the sun. Swim in the water; lay in the sun.
Yeah, I could do that!
Yeah, I could do that!
Sam said, "This guy sad." I agree. :(
(Bad picture taken with my phone through a glass window.)
(Bad picture taken with my phone through a glass window.)
And another taken though glass and with the mama gorilla running! She's carrying her little baby, but you can only see it's head.
Brown bear.
The giraffes are my favorite. :)
Look at that cute face!
Mountain sheep. All these pictures are taken just with my phone. I'm thinking that after the kids go to school, I should go back to the zoo with my big camera and spend the whole day getting good shots!
Flamingos.
There's a much better picture below, but this one had Samuel in it, so I'm leaving it in.
There's a much better picture below, but this one had Samuel in it, so I'm leaving it in.
Another bear.
Penguins
Keelan and his girlfriend Destiny with Caylie.
Playing the bongos.
Brittany and Justin. (And don't forget to vote for Pedro.)
We saw the elephants and decided to go to the elephant show!
They brought this guy out and after a lot of coaching, got him to swim in the water.
There he goes!
And then he did some tricks! It was very cool.
Another day we met up with some friends from our adoption agency, AAC, at their annual zoo event. Here is Caylie with two of her China friends, Maleah and Willow.
Justin . . . different day, same outfit.
Jim and me.
Turtle piggyback.
Caylie has come a long way with merry-go-rounds! See this post from two years ago, ha!
Samuel likes it, too.
Emma and Willow are both from Nanchang, Jiangxi. Caylie is from Fuzhou, in the same province, but we were in Nanchang for her adoption.
They also have a rhino show, but apparently he doesn't like the water so much.
Hmm, I don't remember what this is. But it's cute.
Brittany's favorite is the polar bear.
Aren't zebras awesome?
(Thanks for fixing my picture, Tracie!)
(Thanks for fixing my picture, Tracie!)
We happened to be at the zoo the day after this little mountain sheep baby was born. So cute!
Caylie, Willow, and a lion friend. We found out that the daddy lion had died a few months ago, so this big picture is the closest thing right now. So sad.
The lions have a huge, beautiful area to live in. Part of it looks like Pride Rock from The Lion King. But these lions preferred to sleep on the hard ground by the fence.
Go figure.
I could be a hippo. Well, except for in the winter . . .
Different elephant, different day.
Another day we went with our friends, the Petersons.
And look how big the baby mountain sheep got over a month! And I guess there were two!
Here's the better picture of the flamingos!
This guy looks like half deer, half zebra.
Don't remember his name, but he's cool.
China friends. Sarah is from Hunan province, Samuel from Guangdong, and Caylie from Jiangxi.
