Saturday, April 23, 2011

Zoo Too

Took the kids to ride the zoo train today (day 3 of 5-day-weekend and needed. to. get. out. of. the. house.) and they talked me into going into the zoo as well to see the animals we didn't see on Day 1 of Spring Break's 5-day weekend. We had a ball!

Waiting for the zoo train
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(Ballet class this morning, hence the leotard!)

In front of the zoo entrance
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These are the goofy faces I get when I say "Smile!"

Silly faces at lunch before seeing animals.
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We went through the South American part of the zoo first, which has some of my favorites.

New basilisk lizard on display. The kids learned all about him on a Wild Kratts episode, and love the fact that he can run on water!
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Military macaw
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The anteater, the Reid Park Zoo's mascot
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Up on a termite mound
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The Motmot, my favorite bird at the zoo.
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The capybara, who I came to love because of the Bill Peet book, Capyboppy.
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The tapir
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Gratuitous baby shot
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A gibbon, checking us out
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Makena, our new female otter right before I told off some dumb-ass mom who thought it was no big deal to throw the otters goldfish crackers because she "just wanted them to come over so her daughter could see them better".
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Peacock showing off
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The back view is just as beautiful
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It was very close to giraffe lunch time, so they were very close to where the people were.
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Miranda's elephant, Double Half (don't ask, I can't explain the name) found a friend
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Finally got some pictures of the M&Ms with nice smiles instead of grimaces!
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