Zoo Day

Friday was an absolutely fantastic day with my kiddos.  I had a vacation day, and we left the house bright and early and arrived at Binder Park Zoo a few minutes after it opened.  It was a little overcast and 75 degrees, which was just about perfect zoo-going weather.

We stopped to see the baby black bears, who had just arrived at the zoo that week.  As Nathan said, "Awww... they're so cute!"

On our way to the Africa exhibit to feed the giraffes, which was the much-anticipated highlight of the visit.

Giraffes! It was sweet to see the baby, who was on his way to nurse from his mama.

For a few dollars, the kids get some lettuce leaves to feed to the giraffes.  I wasn't sure how Nathan would do, since he can be a bit cautious, but he wasn't nervous at all!  He thought the giraffe's long tongue was really funny.

Looking for the impala.  "An animal with the same name as a car? Cool!"  haha

Natalie was perfectly content to lounge in her stroller.

While I fed Natalie, Nathan stayed entertained by studying the zoo map and figuring out where we were and where we would be going next.

"Here we are at Monkey Valley!"

My own little monkeys

Of course, my little car addict had to stop and kick the tires of an old Willys truck that was part of the display.

What was Nathan's favorite part of the day? Why, the zebra print tram, of course!

This was the closest that Nathan wanted to get to the carousel!

We only saw half of the zoo.  The kids were getting antsy, and it was time to head to the shop to meet Todd for lunch.  We'll have to head back again soon!