ZOO!

Three day weekends with Dad can be lots of fun. If we treat the extra day off as a bonus, resisting the temptation to treat it as another weekend day which would mean filling it with chores and to-do lists, we're in for a real treat. President's Day was one of these wonderful bonus days, and we spent it at the zoo.

Before heading out, we needed to prepare.

In order to see the animals properly, we're going to need our binoculars. Let's test them out!

 

Dad made a pair of these special binoculars for each of the girls earlier in the weekend.

The day was going to be a chilly one, so we needed to pack our hats. Emily liked the look of Dad's hat. She also decided to put on a bib she found in the stack of new baby laundry I was doing the day before, along with a grocery bag she found in the hallway.

 

  First up at the zoo...the BIG CATS! We saw baby lion cubs chasing each other around outside, and then we saw tigers and leopards inside.

The girls have really enjoyed roaring like wild animals lately, and they roared away at this tiger

 

Hello Giraffes!

A big portion of our time was spent in Tropical Discovery since it's nice and warm (and humid) inside. We saw countless fish along with turtles, frogs, snakes and lizards galore.

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's a lot of fun bringing the girls to the zoo now that they're old enough to spot and recognize the animals. We're looking forward to more trips as the weather gets nicer.