A Trip to the zoo

I took the kids to the zoo yesterday. It was so much fun. I had not been to the zoo in ages.

Tim had a blast. He loved seeing all the animals. Although I think some of them scared him, as he is used to only seeing them in books, and did not realize how big they were in real life. He impressed me though when we were looking at the Lions. They had pictures posted of the all the lions they have at the zoo, there were three, a lioness, lion and then another lioness.
He looked at the pictures and told me "Mama lion, daddy lion and another mama lion." I was like wow, I never taught him the difference. Apparently Mike had been working with him on that. It was a proud moment.
He was very fascinated by the mice, and the petting zoo. He also like the farm area they have. He got to "drive" a tractor, and play in a barn area that was made up just for toddlers.

Tim also had an interesting interaction with one of the baboons. It came right up to the window and was nose to nose with him. Tim loved that. He would turn and look at me and smile and then go back to looking at the baboon.

Lex on the other hand was a little unsure.
Even with all Tim's excitement, she did not want me to put her down to much and was content to view things from the wagon. Even though, she too, liked to watch the mice scurrying about and she was also fascinated by some of the birds in the bird sanctuary.
Well I think in the future there will be many more trips to the zoo... This was a very good experience, for all of us!