Okay, so the zoo isn't something different. However, for us this summer, it was! It has been sooooo hot all.summer.long. Between the heat and having a new baby (and not wanting to take Juliana out in the extremem heat), we've pretty much stuck to the pool and the indoors. So, when the weather finally cooled down this past week, I made sure to make the best of it by taking the kiddos out in the mornings to some of our old haunts that we hadn't been to in a while!
Our first pit stop was the Aquarium. It wasn't overly busy and so the kids really had fun watching the penguins, sharks, rays, fish and turtles.
Juliana was fascinated with the tunnel area. This was her first trip to the zoo and liked seeing all of the animals swimming above her.
After the aquarium, we stopped for a snack and so I could nurse Juliana. To keep the troups happy, I gave Emily the camera. She took a self picture, of course.
She also snuck a picture of me, chilling out.
I then snapped a picture of them playing on the turtle statues.
With a nice full tummy, Juliana then decided that it was time to take a snooze.
We also saw the giraffes, macaws and parrots at the Garden of the Senses, cheetas, the Madagascaar exhibit and finally, we pretty much sprinted through the gorillas b/c by that point, the troops (and their fearless leader) were ready to get home.
On the whole, my first trip to the zoo with four little ones went very well! Until the very end, they all hung in there and we had a fun time together, doing something just a bit out of the ordinary (for this summer, at least)!
With a nice full tummy, Juliana then decided that it was time to take a snooze.
1 comment:
I love the zoo!! Looks like they had a great time. Maybe now that September is almost here it will cool down!!
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