I worked from home today - I had to take a sick day of course, but it was my day to work on report cards, so I didn't "cost" anyone anything. The girls left me alone enough that I was able to get everything done that I wanted to, and by 3:30 we were up for the next adventure.
Our zoo pass expires on the 13th and we don't have any immediate plans to renew it. I wanted to go one last time, for now, so the girls said they would come with me. On the way Kate decided that we should go to Canada. We've only been to Canada once before, so we decided that today was the perfect day to go again. It was sunny, but cool, and when the wind blew it was almost cold.
We took a before picture - before the big hill! There are warning signs everywhere, warning you about the big hill. The signs also inform you that it's about an hour round trip.
I should have taken a pic with all three girls, but Fiona was pretty cute snuggling with the bear.
Kate was eating fishy crackers and one of the raccoons woke up and crawled out of his/her log and came to beg. Kate's such a good girl. I told her she should give the raccoon a cracker, but she said no, and Alice read me the sign about the special diet!
The girls were funny and for their after picture they laid down in front of the sign. I've got to say that just walking up and down the hill - no big deal. Walking up and down the hill pushing two kids in a double stroller - big deal, so today's trip to Canada made me feel like we should ignore Canada no longer!
Next we decided to hop on the zoo mobile because why not - it's free with your pass and it was running! We decided to take the trip all around the zoo, and then got off at Africa.
We saw one of the baby rhinos from the zoo mobile so that was fun. We also saw the ostrich and the giraffes. You don't really see lots of animals on the zoo mobile, so it's always a bonus when you do. Except Eurasia I guess, you actually drive inside the animal enclosure, so you see the yaks, mouflon, and Przewalski's horses up close and personal.
We went to check out the lions - once we were back in Africa. They were all asleep at the top of the hill in their enclosure so the picture wasn't great.
Alice really wanted to go to Africa because she wanted to take a penguin picture - not with real penguins but with the poster that shows the different species. The girls are so cute, they like to see where they measure up! Kate and Alice are now bigger than the Emperor penguin, the biggest penguin - except for the prehistoric penguin which is about the same size as Ken.
And Fiona measures up with the King penguin - almost...
After a short jaunt in Africa we were off to the Americas to see the flamingos.
And we had to go scream at the macaws.
The girls were so great. We walked all over and no one complained, no one had a melt down. I had snacks and water and we enjoyed both, but they were so great. My little girls are growing up. Life really changes when you don't have a stroller, there are no naps, no diapers, and no whining. We still have plenty of whining, but today, was bliss, it was whine free, and I enjoyed being with my girls so much. We decided that the next time we want to go to the zoo we'll renew our zoo membership - and that made me happy too. I love the zoo!
