Field trip days are such special days! No school work... fun with your friends... new places. As the boys were looking forward to their field trip to the zoo, they could not handle their excitement!!! This has been a harsh winter for our coast, and as the weather forecast for the week developed, it looked like Tuesday was going to be a terrible zoo day. The forecast was COLD (high of 50... which is COLD for us!), drizzly and just gross outside. However, the Lord provided! It ended up being a cold, but sunny day.... a great zoo day!
Of course, Rylan wanted to see the lions most of all! There were three lionesses and one male lion. They were sunning, but still beautiful!
The tiger was one of our highlights today. We got to hear it roar!!! It was up walking quite a bit and as it walked through the bamboo area, we could see how those bright orange stripes really are camo! God's perfect design!
Near the chimps, we ran into the teachers. Jacob was so excited to give Mrs. Weeks a hug! She rocks!
Ad Rylan was equally excited to see Ms. Mena. She rocks too!
In the chimp area, they had various handprints to test you hand against. Jacob could not believe a gorilla hand was so huge!
Jason took the day off. He was officially with Jacob and I was officially with Rylan, but we were able to walk around the zoo together and it was oh, so nice! Here they are with the giraffes! Can you spot the baby giraffe?
Just me and my sweetie... staying warm and enjoying the zoo day all bundled up!
We discovered the rain forest house. I don't think it is new, just new to us! Inside was a tunnel with went through an aquarium. Super cool! Especially when you pretend it is for Yodi training! hahahaha In this house they also had a desert area that had chipmunks and armadillos. I did not know how fast an armadillo could run! The chipmunks were so cute too! Rylan loved this house!!
Channel your best Baroness voice from GI Joe and say "Cobra!!!" Outside the Reptile House, there was this cobra statue. The boys scanned their fake Cobra cards to enter. Can you tell we love GI Joe?
This was Rylan's favorite area! He loved seeing the snakes... especially the pythons and venomous snakes. He had decided that the constrictors are the most dangerous because being squeezed to death is worse than being poisoned. Personally, I don't want either! ha!
Behind us is the komodo dragon. He was huge!!!
In the aquarium we got to see an octopus. He almost glowed in the water. It was so interesting to see his suckers up close. He was slithering inside the big bottle that was inside the tank... very cool!
A Disney flashback... it's Crush from Turtle Time!
Brotherly love! After we ate lunch, the kids who had parents come could stay! I've never heard of being able to stay with your kid longer... so we did! It was nice to be able to stay and see the things we missed and re-do a few favorites too! And my this time is was feeling great outside.
The boys comparing their hand to the lioness paw... Rylan on the left, Jacob on the right.
Rylan was so excited to find the cheetahs. They were in a new spot and it took us a while to find them. THey love climbing on this beautiful statue.
In the past, the cheetahs were in a huge area and were usually very far from you. This new area is smaller and they were literally 5 feet from us. It was exciting to see their paws and fur details up close.
Since it was just us, we could ride the carosel! The boys wanted to sit on multiple animals, but finally decided on the lions and chimp. Jacob said he wanted to sit on the log!
My boy still loves his lions!!!
They wanted to play in the African village area again when it was less crowded. Jason was a good sport and was a monster attacking them. Once some other people came, Jason sat with me while the boys morphed into Star Wars and pretended it was the Tusken Raider village.
And our lost stop... the flamingos!!! The most beautiful bird on the planet!!!
The little toes were tired, but glad to have walked to much together!
Highlights...
Rylan = carosel ride, octopus, climbing the rhino statues, reptile house especially the snakes, the RF house tunnel and watching the armadillo run
Jacob = hearing the tiger roar and seeing his bamboo camo, climbing the rhino statue, cobras, RF house, jaguar napping, grizzly bear tongue hanging out during his nap
Jason = baby elephant, 4-eyed fish, chipmunks
Kim = hearing the tiger roar, flamingos, the boys running with shear joy
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