We had a wonderful trip to the Sedgwick County Zoo in Wichita. It's just a half hour away from our house and we chose a lovely, not too crowded, not too hot day to go. Kenneth's company gives Good Friday off, so we took advantage of it and went to the zoo. I hadn't realized it, but Grant never even remembers going to the zoo. He was too young to remember when we went several times to the National Zoo when we lived in D.C. We never went to the zoo in California. It's funny though, you ask them what their favorite animals to see were and they say, "the geese and the fish." Guess we could have just taken them to the park and they would have been just as satisfied! Grant did mention liking the bald eagle and they took a liking to the Crazy Swan who greeted us right as we entered the zoo. It was in a tunnel and honking very loudly and then kind of charged at us, but didn't really try to attack. It was a little frightening for me- I can only imagine what it would have been like at the kids' height! They named it Big Mama. (I guess I was so frightened I didn't think about taking out the camera!) They were glad to see her a couple of times during our visit.
It was cool to see the kids get so excited to see an animal they had learned about in school. We have animal science each Wednesday and we learn all kinds of interesting things about animals. So, it was fun to go to the zoo to see all the things we have been learning.
Kate was a great baby on this trip! She skipped her regular morning nap (wouldn't you with all the excitement of the animals and all?!?) and took a short nap in the stroller in the afternoon, but was very pleasant all day.
Here are the highlights:
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| Beautiful peacock! What an incredible bird! They were just roaming free. The kids loved it! They did get asked not to chase the peacocks, though. Whoops. |
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| Peacock guarding the door to the Amphibians and Reptiles |
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| Kissing toads- so cute! |
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| Hello there, kids! |
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| Seeing the elephants do tricks. . . |
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| and paint pictures! |
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| Wow! That's one talented elephant! |
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| Lunch break |
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| The kids liked seeing the wallaby. |
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| What a very strange-looking animal! The giant ant-eater. |
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| Arianna loved all the statues. She sat on everyone. I'll spare you and just share a few =) Emma joined her this time. |
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| Arianna and the tiger. He was a pacer! |
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| Grant and the bald eagles |
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| Emma with the turkeys |
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| Arianna on the Komodo dragan. Yikes! I'd don't want to meet one of them in real life! |
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| The petting zoo part was much enjoyed! |
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| My favorite part of the zoo was watching Kate get so excited about seeing the animals! |
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| African farm section with a camel |
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| Arianna with the sleeping lion. |
Speaking of lions. . . Stay tuned for the post about Grant's Little Lion, as promised.
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