We didn’t get to go on Friday as it was a bit too cool and windy. Later in the afternoon, it was raining, so we were glad we hadn’t gone. Saturday was perfect weather, though, so we headed out after packing up a backpack with snacks and juice boxes. The kids enjoyed it. Jeremy went a little slow for their tastes as he likes to read a lot of the stuff, but I realized the older kids started reading them too after a little bit. That made me happy. Because it was still a bit cool for some of the animals, not all of them were out, but we still got to see a good amount. During this trip, we just walked around to the different buildings and areas. We missed a few areas as it is a big zoo and there is only so much you can do in four hours with five kids. They were troopers though and we didn’t take many rest breaks.
Noelle’s favorite: The penguin house. At one part, there are windows under the water and the penguins come swimming down. She got excited and clapped her hand on the window when one came close… the penguin came to where her hand was. She started moving her hand around hitting the window and the penguin followed it. When she moved to the next window, the penguin did too. It was so cute.
AnnaBeth’s favorite: the zebra. She likes the black and white stripes.
Christine’s favorite: The sea lion and seal underwater observation room. We actually spent a while there just watching them. It was calm and soothing.
Amie’s favorite: The lions! The male lion was right up at the window and we were able to see him up close and personal. He was still young, old enough to have his main, but still not as full as it will get. He was still magnificent! Make him a little more mature and 5 times bigger and you get Aslan! (Yes, my kids compared him to their favorite book/movie lion.)
James didn’t answer this… oh well. I really enjoyed so much of it. The only thing I insisted on while at the zoo was to see the big cats. They are so beautiful. They don’t have many. Lion, Amur Tiger, Snow Leopard, and regular Leopard (forgot the name, but it’s the kind you think of when someone says leopard.) I love my kitties!!
Next time we go, we are planning on going to either the Hamill play zoo or the Children’s zoo and maybe seeing the Dinosaur thing. Of course, we’ll walk by my cats too. *smile* I think I’m going to enjoy this membership.