Welcome back to our little world! After a long morning of cleaning with two very patient children, I decided something fun should happen this evening! So, I checked the calender and we just happened to have an invitation to Kids Night at the Milwaukee County Zoo...perfect evening activity. Since we were going to be goofing off this evening, I decided we should accomplish a few more jobs before we headed west to the zoo. So we headed to Bayshore to R&H. It was good to see my former co-workers and to peek at all the pretty baubles in the cases! Then it was off to Winkies, possibly the best store in the world! It is an adorable Hallmark store upstairs and a child's paradise of toys downstairs. N actually thinks going to Winkies is a reward! It has multiple traintables to play with and any toy a little person could dream up! It was the first place he wanted to go when he had money to spend from the toothfairy for his Hoola-hoop! We also strolled up and down Silver Spring Drive for Red Wagon Days and all of it's activities. It was such a hot day but we had a great time. After a few more less exciting errands, we headed home to gear up for the zoo.
One of the newest exhibits at the zoo is the giraffe habitat. It has an elevated viewing deck so you can be on the same level as the giraffes. This evening we had a perfect view of one of the reticulated giraffes. N couldn't get up the platform quick enough to check it out closer!
The elephants were also out and ready to play! Our zoo has two female elephants. One is much smaller than the other but she is the more dominant of the two. This is the larger, more docile one. N told me that he was so sorry he didn't bring peanuts to share with the elephants, he really thought this one needed some!
The large cats have always been my favorite attraction at the zoo. They are so majestic and amazingly large! The exhibit is enclosed and the cats are inside most of the time. This makes for some dramatic photo opportunities. Tonight was no exception. The lion was transfixed on the jaguar across the hall. The jaguar could see the trainer that normally does the feeding and was pacing back and forth and even breaking into a run. This had the lion very worried and he didn't take his eyes off of the jaguar's cage. I always have to chuckle as we watch the lions as all of the children, including my own, refer to them as Simba and Nala. N is always disappointed that there isn't a lion that looks like Scar. This is the very concerned lion:
The best part of our zoo membership is being able to go and enjoy it anytime. I also feel like we don't have to see every exhibit every time to get our money's worth. So if we want to spend the entire time looking at the cats and then playing on the playground in the family farm we can. (This plan makes N and I very happy! We'll let M choose her favorite exhibit as she gets older!) Along with the playground, this giraffe interactive is N's favorite. Tonight we asked a nice lady to take our picture so we could show you all what a great time we had!
This was Miss M's second trip to the zoo and it is amazing how much more alert she was versus the last time we went! She is so smiley these days. I have started calling her Smiley Pie and that makes her smile even bigger! She actually had her first giggle on Wednesday night. It was a welcome occurance as she had been very fussy all day. It just shows that even a baby's worst day can end up being your best! She is adding so many new sounds to her vocabualry. Ge, eh, and ah are her new favorites! She was all bright eyed and cheery this evening!
We will see you again soon with some updates on N's baseball career!
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