First Trip to the Zoo!

Last Thursday was my last day having Banx for the summer.  Since I go back to work this week, I wanted to do something special and fun for Beau and Banx---make our first trip to the Blank Park Zoo.  Luckily, my best friend Dena offered to tag along and help me with the kids (thank you Dena Kay!).  We arrived right when the zoo opened that morning at 9, and it could not have been a more perfect day for the zoo.  It wasn't very busy yet and the weather was amazing. 

As soon as we walked into the zoo, we saw flamingos and Beau yelled "Hi duckies!  Here duckies!".  I didn't understand at first why he kept calling all of the water animals "duckies" until I realized that the only animals we've ever taken Beau to see are the ducks at the cemetery.  Banx and Beau did so good at the zoo.  Thanks to Dena's help, we had an amazing morning at the zoo and can't wait to go back next year!

They loved pushing the buttons to hear the different animal sounds

Favorite animal = monkeys!!

Banx was amazed at the Rhino

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Beau and Banx kept thinking the otters were going to swim through the glass right to them!

Beau learned a new word that day: "Tuttle"

We were at a zoo, and they only wanted to play at the park, go figure!

They didn't know what to think of the giraffe

They loved the camel ride!  When we first started walking, Beau said "whoa, whoa, whoa!"

He loved getting sprayed by the elephant water hose

When it quit spraying water Beau said "Ut oh mommy, it boke.  Fid it mommy!"

There was a baby kangaroo that was roaming around, and Banx kept chasing it to pet it.  Cutest thing ever!

LOVED all the fishies

He kept trying to grab the fish through the glass