Since we have astro-turf at our house, it seems Carter can't get enough of running around on the grass when he gets the chance. Unlike the astro-turf, the lawn was all bumpy and uneven, so he spent a fair amount of time picking himself back up. Didn't seem to bring down his spirits though:
Inspecting out the grass. Check.
Running away from Daddy. Check.
A nice view under the giant cottonwood trees:
And then we were off to see the exhibits. Must have been a full moon or something, as pretty much ALL of the animals were lively and putting their best feet forward. Got a rare opportunity to be about 3 feet away from this guy - can you see him amongst the trees? (Click to enlarge if you need to.)
Did you guess it right? It was a giraffe! He (or maybe I she...I didn't check...) was eating the leaves off of the tree right in front of us. Really cool! Carter kept pointing to it and was completely excited!
Even the rhinos were having fun pacing around their umbrella:
Matt was on stroller duty for most of the day and Carter was having a blast checking everything out:
Went underground to see the seals (or maybe their sea lions, I don't remember how to tell them apart...) and thought Carter looked cute in this photo (*ahhhh scary green baby!*) as he was watching them swim right in front of us:
Typically the polar bears are just pacing back and forth (no doubt waiting on lunch...). Well, on Sunday one was playing in the water with a "iceberg" (ok, it was a big piece of plastic), but it was neat to see him/her rolling around with it in the water:
Carter was equally intrigued, but pretty much zonked from a fun day at the zoo:
Thanks to Brian and Lis (and totally adorable Wyatt!) for including us in the picnic fun!~kerrie
No comments:
Post a Comment