The Zoo in June

Keeping with the 

"doing something every stinking weekend" 

pattern that we had developed since we 

stepped foot back in NC...

we made a family trip to the zoo

with my mom,

sister,

brother-in-law

and 

sweet baby neice.

It was a nice warm day...

quite a bit cooler than what we were used to in 

Southern Texas!

But non-the-less,

it was warm enough

for them to cool off in the 

ice cave we found over

by the polar bear exhibit.

Then Uncle Jack 

posed with two of the boys

on the giant spider web. 

Luckily there was no giant spider in sight!

A quick trip for me and my baby girl 

on the merry-go-round!

Oh this looks familiar!

Momma gorillas carry their youngins around too!

Hey look,

she's got a monkey on her back!

(sorry, couldn't resist)

There is a great dinosaur exhibit at our zoo right now.

This guy was hungry.

This guy was ugly!

This guy was supposed to be dying

after a fight with a bigger dino.

(Jackson wasn't quite sure what to make of that)

The big boys posing with a big boy dino!

This guy...

we kept hearing screams coming from 

the trail up ahead of us...

couldn't figure out why...

til we got closer.

This guy SPITS at you!

Ack!!!

We had a great time!

Except for the walking part!

Mercy!!

Rico wore his new heely shoes,

so he had a great time wandering the park.

Me...

not so much.

Daddy's knee was giving him problems

so I got to push the littles

in the stroller

(those two littles aren't so little anymore... 

I had atleast 60 lbs in that stroller!)

for almost 5 miles

I swear

most of it was UP HILL!

How does that happen?

I have no idea!

But it was a great workout!

And I got a lot of sympathy from 

fellow zoo goers!