Our Family Trip to the Zoo

On July 17th, Grandma Vonda took the four of us to the Zoo. It was Oliver's first time out and about, besides family parties and trips to the store. He did great, too. We were there pretty much all day and he mostly just slept the whole time. Cambry had a lot of fun. She is at the age now where she can really enjoy seeing the animals.

I saw this idea on Pinterest to make a Zoo Animals Passport. And throughout the zoo when they see an animal that is in the "Passport" they get to mark it off. So I made one for Cambry, and she absolutely loved it! She had so much fun trying to find all of the animals in the book and then getting to mark them off. I would totally recommend everyone doing this for their kids.

Cambry said that her favorite animal was the polar bear. She thought it was so funny that he was doing laps around his enclosure. He would start in the covered area and touch his nose to the wall then he would go outside, around a rock and then back to the wall. Sometimes he would throw in a dip into the water to his circle. It was pretty funny to watch and Cambry had a blast trying to follow him!

The "Rocky Shores" exhibit was pretty cool. I have to admit I was pretty excited to see it myself. Then next thing they are working on that I cannot wait for is a Splash Pad for the kids. It was supposed to be open in June, but they are obviously falling behind. But it will be so great for the kids when it finally does open. It gets so hot in the summer! They did have those giant misting fans to help out with the heat though.