Showing posts with label Merrys. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Merrys. Show all posts

Sunday, November 08, 2009

Sunday, 11/8/09...zoo

Today was free day at the zoo again but winter hours started so this time the zoo didn't open until 10am. We got down there around 9:45am and the doors were already open. Both times before when we'd been to the zoo, we went clockwise around the zoo. This time, I wanted to take a right first since I knew the gorillas were some of L's favorites and we could do the cheetahs, kangaroos, elephants, hippo, rhinos, and bears on the way over to the monkeys and gorillas and then I wouldn't be tired and have my feet hurt by the time we got over there. It was a chilly day, but not as cold as two weeks ago. Dave and I wore hats, gloves, and coats, but L didn't want her hat or coat but we made her wear the gloves (to keep her hands warm and protected from all the germs!).

We had a great time at the zoo. We put the tray down on the stroller and L climbed in and out of the stroller the whole time we were there....out to see an animal and then back in to go on to the next one. It was really cute. After seeing a variety of monkeys, orangutans, and gorillas, we walked by some other animals, including a warthog and some zebras before seeing the $1 hotdogs. I was quite hungry so we stopped and ate lunch. L insisted on having ketchup on her hotdog, but made the strangest faces when she put more than just a tiny amount on her hotdog, yet she still wanted to eat it with the ketchup. Weird girl. After that, I was ready to go home, but we saw the giraffes (an L favorite), the tiger, and two leopards on the way out. We were able to get home in time to put L down for her nap, but she didn't fall asleep until really late so we didn't get up until late.

We had the Merrys over for dinner and had a fun time catching up with them. L had fun showing off for them and dancing in her underwear. Don't ask...she's a character!

Here's some of my favorites:

like my new hat? Nordstroms. :)








she really liked carrying around the map. I even said something about not knowing where something was and she handed me the map!







You can see the rest of the zoo pictures here along with the rest of this week's pictures so far (you can check back later to see if I added more pics).