Thursday, July 22, 2010

Saturday 7/03/10 - St. Louis Zoo

Today, Jack and I took the kids to the St. Louis Zoo.  It was very warm, but we still managed to have fun.  We rented a stroller this time instead of taking our own.  This seemed to work out much better this time.  We were able to ride the Merry Go Round, the train, visit the Children's zoo, pet some friendly goats and see the stingrays!   We even managed to get a snowcone!  YUM!!


We rented a stroller for the kids to ride in when they got tired of walking.  This worked out well for us.


A parrot we saw at the zoo


Elephant


Brianna LOVED this little cave at the Children's Zoo!


Meerkats


Jacob LOVED this Jeep.  We had a hard time getting him to stay out of it.  He didn't care about anything else in the children's zoo but this!


Brianna sitting on a frog statue in front of the entrance to the Children's Zoo


Jacob sitting on the frog statue


Jacob and Brianna "pretending" to be Otters!


Brianna wasn't scared of the hippos this year.  Jacob wasn't too thrilled with them though.


Jacob liked to pet the goats


Brianna did too!


He thought this one, in particular, was funny!  He kept laughing at this goat! 



Next we made it over to see the stingrays in Caribbean Cove



Jack and the kids enjoyed watching them swim around!


A giant southern stingray.  One of the trainers told us each one of them has their own name!

Jack was the only one who wasn't scared to pet them.


B & J liked to watch safetly from the side.  Jacob liked to splash in the water!  He made a mess!


They were so graceful and peaceful to watch!


After the stingrays, we slowly started heading towards the gate.  We ran into these pelicans along the way.

Brianna wanted to ride the carousel!  She chose a cheetah to ride on.


Jacob chose a black bear to ride on.  I can't believe he's actually looking at the camera!


Next we rode the train around the zoo.  Jacob didn't know what to think at first!  After a little while, he liked it! 


Brianna enjoyed riding the train too!  It was a nice break and we were able to get out of the sun for a bit.  It was HOT!!


The last animals we saw, before leaving, were these giant tortoises.  They were HUGE!! 


We had such a fun day at the zoo!  We all enjoyed our day, but we were extra pooped!! 

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