Saturday, May 24, 2008

The Zoo

Grandma and Grandpa Dayton came over for a visit this weekend and we went to the zoo. It was a beautiful day. Perfect weather...just perfect...




The kids had a blast seeing all of the animals. The highlight for some and low light for one was our adventure on the dinky roller coaster at the zoo. Alexa hated it...with a passion. Nathan and I would love to take our kids to an amusement park but we want to make sure that everyone will have a good time so we aren't wasting our money. Well a couple of months ago we tried out the zoo roller coaster and Mackenzie and Dayton loved it. Alexa...not so much. So today we tried to convince her to give it another try...okay not convince...I threatened, bribed, coerced....I know, not the best parenting tactics. Anyway, she rode the roller coaster with me and we learned that she is able to tolerate the ride if she keeps her eyes shut. Nathan and I still think we are going to try out the amusement park experience with the condition that Alexa needs to ride some of the roller coasters if she wants to experience the water park...


We got to feed the lorikeets.


We got to see the new koala bear exhibit.




We got to pet the sharks.



We got to have butterflies fly all around us.


We got to play on Daddy.


All in all a great trip to the zoo...

1 comment:

Rebecca Banner said...

We had a fun time at this zoo a few years back. We went after the dolphin exhibit opened. The kids got to feed a giraffe here too. And their merry go round is really cool. We're zoo-a-holics.