Perfect day

Today was such a perfect day!  I found out it was free day at the zoo so we cancelled our plans for the children's museum and headed off to the zoo instead.  The weather was just perfect, it must have been 50!  The animals were all so friendly, many of them came right up to the edges of their cages so everyone could get a good look.  The boys were just thrilled and Elizabeth was in awe by all the animals.  Our favorites were the orangutans, cheetah, and the dolphins, the under water dome was AMAZING!   One orangutan was a total ham and hung out right in front of the crowd posing.  In the ocean exhibit we got to pet dog sharks and one was so friendly he kept raising his head out of the water and getting right up under our hands, even Elizabeth got to pet him. The dolphins were really active and swan around us in circles, they swam right in front of us again and again and the penguins did the same.  The cheetah paced back and forth right in front of us too.  I have to hand it to the Indianapolis zoo, they make it so you can get up close and personal with the animals!

After we got home we had a quick dinner and then family home evening. Benjamin chose the game and we ended up with a jousting tournament.  John and I were the horses and the boys climbed on our back with padded light sabers (we were fresh out of jousting sticks)  It was a lot of fun for the boys to try and knock the other off as we ran at each other from across the room.  Elizabeth got in on the fun and trounced the boys with a little help from her trusty mare.  It left us all rolling in laughter on the ground.  We all had so much fun we know it will make a return visit.

All in all today was pretty much a perfect day, even if I do still have  a mountain of laundry to fold tomorrow. :)

A day at the Zoo

We went to the zoo with our neighbors when there was a free day and we had so much fun.

Glen tamed these tigers after they stole his shoe.
We did get to see one of the elephants, but this one let Glen sit on it.
This picture is so sweet. Glen and our neighbor walking hand in hand.

We didn't get to see any rhinos, but it was fun to climb on this bronze statue.

This is the first exhibit we visited. The monkeys. This one black monkey (can you see him in the window?) had climbed up from the bottom of the pit and was pacing back and forth so the kids got a super close look that they loved.

Can you see the monkey on the branch above the black stand? It is called a cotton monkey. It had this cute little white afro on to p of its head and Glen was watching it leap from branch to branch and pointing at it.

This is the gorilla. He is laying right by the window you can kind of see him laying down there. Glen loved being up so close. He noticed that he and the gorilla both had eyes, noses, and toes.

This was Glen's favorite part of the zoo. The giraffes. There was a baby too. Glen also liked the geese that stopped to rest on the grass.

Other then watching the kids explore and enjoy the zoo, my favorite part was this monkey. He is standing in a small window like area watching all the people through his legs. I laughed and had to take a picture.

We had a lot of fun and the weather was just great. A little chilly, but the snow held off until we were leaving. What a great day.