checking out the zoo!

on friday, we had the perfect day for a visit to the zoo. it was sunny and in the mid 50's!! we haven't see a whole lot of those kind of days, so we were determined to get out in it! the boys and i headed out early and arrived just as they were opening the gates! we saw the entire zoo. we were there for about 5.5 hours and we all left in good spirits, which was somewhat amazing considering we were infringing on someone's usual naptime!! we saw bears, giraffes, zebras, the backside of hippos, a baby gorilla, you name it, we saw it!! the penguins are getting a new habitat, so they were not on exhibit, and the zoo is getting a new flamingo exhibit next month so we will have to check it out again this summer!! we enjoyed lunch outside in the sunshine and of course we couldn't pass up the icecream stand!! part of gabe's icecream ended up on the ground, but gabe said, "that's ok, i know when to say when!" of course grady polished off his entire cone, not a drip was wasted! we ended our adventure to the zoo with a carousel ride. what a wonderful day!!