Zoo Trip

We took our zoo to the zoo a couple of weeks ago. It was Channing's first trip to the zoo and the first trip that Finley could enjoy. I was really excited to take Fifi because she loves animals. She absolutely loved the penguins. That is, after she figured out she wasn't going to go through the glass. I had to sit far away from the wall with her in my lap and inch close to the glass. Then I had to force her little hand onto the glass so she would realize that the penguins weren't coming out and she wasn't going in. Then she LOVED it!! She ran back and forth and banged on the glass yelling at the penguins. She talked about them the whole time!

The kangaroos were new and they just hopped around while you were in there. Tiredness was starting to set in along with hunger, so next time I will feed them prior to going in (my kids that is) and maybe there will be a little more excitement :) You can see Chloe with her clip board. This trip was a field trip for the girls. They were graphing and sorting the animals that we saw. It was a fun little activity for them!

And feeding the giraffes were a big highlight. Chloe was brave (Chloe is by far the most skiddish child we have) and she was having fun feeding the baby ones until a big giraffe stuck its head over the top of the rail and his snout was right in her face. It was absolutely hilarious to see the look on the girl's face as she dropped her lettuce. She tried to play it off, but she quickly came over to us and teared up a bit. She is so sensitive :)

And Finley took on the job as the gopher. She feed the giraffe a couple of times, but she wasn't liking it too much. So she decided to make friends with the man handing out the lettuce and she would just ever so cutely waltz over to him and get herself a big handful of lettuce. She was proud of her part in the fun!

I don't know why this picture is sideways, but I don't feel like dealing with it right now. I just had to post my favorite shot after any trip. The heads tilted and zonked out. They had so much fun and we had so much fun having some much needed family time.