Trip to the Zoo

For the first part of our Memorial day weekend, we loaded up and headed to the Zoo! We tried to time the trip for Elise to take her nap on the way - so she would be fresh when we got there. Didn't happen... she sang and chattered all the way there. However, she did really great! I would have to say her favorites were: the train ride, the children's park, the monkeys, the elephants, and of course all lizards, turtles, and frogs (since she likes to look for those around our house). She must have had quite the day because we buckled her into her carseat about 5:15 and she was "out" at 5:17! Here's a recap in pictures...


Watch out Zoo - here we come!


Daddy and Elise waiting on the train.


All aboard - just waiting for the train to take off.

Elise is crazy about turtles and

"wizwords".

Ice cream was a quick way to "lure" her back into the stroller. :)

Elise really enjoyed looking at the playful monkeys.

Aren't they cute!

Some type of catfish - and yes - it is bigger than Elise.

Elise studying the kangaroos.

Most of the time Elise is very expressive and excite-able - but she just seeemed to "soak" all the new animals in - like a little sponge.

A little family teeter -totter action. :)

Elise imitating a lion roar.

But he was actually snoring...

"Bye Bye Elephants - See you later"

When she woke up back at our hotel room - we had quite the time telling her we had to stay in the room - because she was ready to go back and see the elephants and monkeys. She mentioned them several more times - so even though we didn't get as much reaction out of her as normal - I would say she really enjoyed the zoo. :)