The Zoo

Last week my mom and I took our kids to the zoo.  It was perfect weather for it!  I actually liked going in the colder weather than in the middle of the summer!  The animals were all out and put on some pretty good shows!

They had a lot of babies there!  A new elephant, giraffe, tiger cubs, & monkeys.  The baby elephant was way cute.  She would stand under her mom, but then when she got in her mom's way, the mom would kick her out from underneath her.  We saw her get kicked out three times!

  I love this picture because once when I was there with Kirt he stood next to the picture of the Male Gorilla and his arms were just as long as the picture!  The sign next to it said that there are few humans with an arm spand as long as a gorilla's.  A couple of Chinese people even walked up and asked if they could take his picture!  Got to love Chinese photographers!Interesting fact about camels!  See how the one camel's hump is hanging over?  Guess why?  During mating season, camels burn a excess amount of calories!  Their humps are full of fat and druing this particular time of fun, they lose a lot of the fat!  Funny!Katelyn was so funny!  I didn't think she would really enjoy the trip at all, on the contrary she loved the animals!  She would make monkey gestures and hit the windows!  She loved the zoo!  When we got home and told Kirt about our trip she started making her monkey gestures again!  I have never had a baby who even cared we were at the zoo.This monkey was so funny!  When we first walked over to them ,this one was holding a baby!  Another monkey ran up to it and grabbed the baby!  It took off with it, but the baby was upside down!  The grown monkey started spakning the monkey on the butt!  This monkey got mad and tried to take the monkey back, but the other one took off up the tree with it.  The poor baby would look between the legs of the older one and had this look of, "what's going on!" on its face!  This one sat in the corner and sulked after that!

The tigers were gorgeous. The mom was just laying there asleep. A lot of people were trying to make her move, but she wouldn't budge. Then Jackson walked up to the fence and said hi to the tiger. It lifted it's head up and looked straight at him! Not kidding! I took this picture of the tiger stareing at him. I wish I could have got Jackson in it too, they stared eachother down for a couple of seconds then the tiger laid back down and went back to sleep!