A day at the zoo...

One crisp and beautiful day last fall I took the boys to the zoo and it was a day to remember. The animals were all in full on "show off" mode and we were loving every second of it. The last time Harper was at the zoo he was just a baby but Adam and I knew what a real treat it was to see so much activity out of the animals - who oftentimes are just snoozing the day away. The lions were walking around (actually when one of them stood up Harper nearly had a heart attack, screamed bloody murder, and tried to run away - oops), the orangutans were putting on a show, the elephants got to eat some bamboo while the zoo keeper gave a talk about them, and the sea lions were swimming and diving, rinse and repeat. 

Of course if you ask the kids what their favorite part was they'd tell you it was when we got to the copper head snake exhibit - I too nearly had a heart attack, wanted to scream blood murder and tried to run away. Gee thanks kiddos! 

A Day at the Zoo

That same weekend with still nothing on our schedules we took advantage of a beautiful, warm and sunny Sunday and headed off to the National Zoo. We hadn't been there since we took Adam at the ripe old age of one (see here) so we figured a visit was well overdue. 

Adam really had no memory of being there before so he was pretty excited to get to see so many different animals - and the best part was the excitement kept his mind off of the 4+ miles we walked around the park. We saw lions, tigers, apes, elephants, sea lions, spiders, gators, zebras, and best of all the pandas! Sadly we didn't see the new cub, but it was still fun to see mom and dad outside playing. 

Harper mostly slept through this visit but we'll be back - hopefully before he's 6!