We're goin to the zoo, zoo, zoo!

Last week, we spent a day at the zoo. All day. Not kidding. We went as soon as Lena woke up and ate breakfast, came home for her to take a nap, and then went back when she woke up. The zoo is only like 20 minutes away, down back roads I might add, so we thought we'd take advantage of the free re-entry on the same day deal.

Lena had a blast. She saw monkeys, fish, a rhino, gorilla, brown bear, black bear, sting ray, turtle, polar bear, cheetas, bats, snakes, and so much more.

The monkeys were here favorite. The little ones that swung around on the tree limbs and bars.

But also the big ones who just hung around and slept.

Showing off the monkey to her new friends.

Then we found a giant gorilla. And I thought Lena would want to sit in his hand. But nope!

A little scared.

And she also loved the fish.

In the aquarium, there was a "touch and feel" section and she actually touch and felt! I didn't think she'd want to, being as shy and timid as she is, but she went right in and felt with both hands right from the start!

We also went on a tour around the dinosaur island. Lewis LOVES dinosaurs. Always has ever since he was a little kid. So when he found out there was a dinosaur island, we HAD to go :) Lena was so cute on that ride. She had her own seat since we had to sit in a boat to travel around. She sat up straight, staring intently at everything going on around her, all the movig dinosaurs and even trying to find where the sound effects were coming from. She played with her thumb the whole time. Super cute to watch.

She was in awe when the T. rex came in the scene. Her eyes got big and she was mesmerized.

We're gonna watch land before time as soon as we can ;)

We had such a good time! I think I'm going to buy a member pass so that Lena and I can go back once a week!