Good Friday at the Zoo

Since Gabe had Good Friday off, we decided to head to the Zoo before we went Up North. It was our first Zoo trip as a family, and even though the weather was not ideal (to say it nicely....it was in the 40's and raining), we had a great time. The Zoo was still quite busy, so I can only imagine how packed it would've been on a nice day. We did the inside Tropics Trail loop first and Blake basically ran and yelled excitedly the entire way (although he did stop once and have a squawk off with a tropical super-loud bird), with Gabe close behind. Campbell and I took our time and looked at all the animals. We then took a break for lunch and then headed on the hike to see the farm babies. Did I mention we didn't bring the stroller? It was nice for Blake to be free to explore, but that walk got quite long trying to corral him in the right direction. Blake's favorite part was the tractor ride & he yelled "No! No!" when it was time to get off and everyone around us thought it was funny. We got a season's pass, so I'm looking forward to bringing the kids there this summer.

Blake loved the construction at the entrance and called the big and small backhoes "Daddy & baby".

There was a huge crowd gathered to see the scuba diver who was answering questions from kids in the audience. Blake rolled in, pushed his way through about 4 rows packed of people to get right up to the glass and then waved and said "HI!" super loud to Scuba Steve, then ran on to the next thing to see.

The looks on the kids' faces is just priceless. So much for a nice picture at lunch.

Although they redeemed themselves here. I didn't even ask them to pose this time and they went ahead and did it all by themselves. Go figure!

Long walk to see the farm babies. This boy is SO HEAVY.

What if you give this Moose A Muffin?

We made it to the farm!

1 day old piglets snuggled up to their humongous mama.