I have been wanting to take Dylan to the zoo for so long now. He loves animals! He knows all the animals in his Dora/Diego shows, his noahs ark, and all his books. He loves to make all their sounds...especially the lion. He doesnt just know the main animals (elephant, zebras, monkeys), he was asking where the Maned Wolf, the Macaw, the rhino, the jaguar, the hippo, the sloths and the tapiers were!! All due to his Diego/Dora shows. We were just waiting for the weather to get bearable. So this weekend was perfect. We went at 9:00am which was the ideal time. It wasnt too crowded and wasnt hot yet! Im glad we waited until he was this age though because if we went when he was a little younger I dont think he would have enjoyed it as much as he did.
OUR FIRST TRIP TO THE ZOO!!!
The turtles are all laying out on this nice day:-)
Daddy and Dylan before we bought our tickets!
we love the waterfalls and creeks!
like daddy like son
The first stop: the elephants! Dylans favorite
He really was having fun, it was just really sunny..haha
The HUGE turtle
The black bear
The Macaw! Dylan remembered them from Diego:-)
The monkeys had a fun playing area, they were so cute all swinging from the trees and running along the ropes!
cute little monkeys
The lake with the turtles and ducks
Dylan loves to watch the ducks!!
He wanted to go closer so bad...
Me and Mike's favorite... the orangutans... we were there for like 30 minutes!
The HUGE grandpa chillin in the hammock...he didnt move the whole time we were there!
The cute little baby getting food out of this box
The mommy
It was so cute, the baby was swinging on this tree branch and it broke...he fell and wasnt sure what to do:-)
laying in the branches
hahaha....mommy
The daddy, just watching everything and eating
Baby was swinging and hanging all over the mommy, she didnt seem to mind at all
We first spotted the giraffes!
walking...he wanted to do it by himself so badly... he kept saying "Dylan do it!!" He is such an independent kid right now, he wants to do everything by himself
trying to push daddy away
so happy...he walked the whole thing!
Camel rides! haha... Dylan would never get on one but he loved to watch!
The Zebras
Had a snack/juice break and watched the zebras
The cool safari train that takes you around the whole park. Dylan wanted to walk:-)
I love the giraffes
The tiger
The mama lion, the daddy was sleeping too but I couldnt get a good shot of him. Dylan was bummed cause he was really looking forward to seeing the lion.
Rhino! Dylan wanted to see one so badly
The giraffe feeding area. You can go up there and the giraffes will come to you and eat out of your hand. Of course Dylan wasnt interested, but it was cool to watch.
Dylan and mommy reading the map, trying to see where we wanted to go next:-)
He lasted about 2 minutes in the car before he passed out! haha...
He is one cool dude!!
