Lions, Giraffes and Wallaby's Oh My

Yesterday was the most perfect zoo day ever!

The weather was good, the animals were out and the kids were all there together.

My favorite part was watching this lion put her paws up on the glass whenever she saw the kids hands up there. She would paw at the window really fast and the kids thought it looked like she was cleaning the window and found it hilarious.

Always so hard to get a good picture, at least the lion cooperated.

Cody loved to read each and every fact on any animal he could find.

For instance did you know a giraffe's heart weighs 22 pounds and is 2 feet wide?

Luke and Ryan each took a turn feeding the giraffe a $3 piece of lettuce.

Ryan would always drop the lettuce right before the giraffe could eat it out of his hand, silly kid.

What a cool experience it was to feed a giraffe.

The Wallaby Walkabout is where we got really up close to the animals.

The Wallaby's hopped freely around us while we walked on a path through their cage.

The kids decided that this little pond was really a wishing well so they each took a turn throwing in their pennies. It was so sweet to hear Luke's wish said out loud, "I hope that Mrs. Wallace is my first grade teacher". She was his kindergarten teacher and is moving up a grade so there is a chance he could have her again which makes him feel good.

Finally it was lunch time.

All of the kids were starving so we found a shady spot, threw down a blanket

and enjoyed a picnic and then headed back to the zoo for a little more play.

And then the day was done....
Five friends with new memories made.