Zoo Time!

As summer drew to a close, we made a visit to the zoo with Erin and William, and had a great time!  Keira, while being "stuck" in the stroller, found some great things to see in the 2nd half of the zoo tour.

Brooke and William enjoyed sizing themselves up to see how big they compared to the baby elephant, Mario Lemieux,  etc.

I love the progression of Brooke's face in the next two shots.  In the 2nd one, she's laughing so hard at William's antics.

Ah, the Mama Elephant and the Baby Elephant!

"FINALLY!"  Keira says, as she's 'released' from the stroller.  In the aquarium, she could wonder about and see the fish up close at her level.  And boy, did she like what she saw!

The polar bear exhibit proved to be a lot of fun too!  The bear was jumping around in the water, throwing one of his "toys" in and leaping after it. 

Brooke finds a camel to ride!  At the very end of the zoo, they have a "live" area you can walk through...walking amongst deer and some other animals.  But the favorite part of the whole zoo for Brooke and William was the playground at the end.  Lots of "animals" to climb on, slides to down, etc.  By then it's 4pm, everyone's exhausted and we have to wrangle the children back to the cars.