A few weeks ago ( yes Im way behind on our blog) we met some of our friends up at Hogle Zoo. Rylee had gone once before when she was 11 months, so I was excited to take her now that she was older. I told her the night before that we were going to see the animals in the morning. She said, " oh cows and dogs?" I tried to explain to her that we were going to go see elephants and monkeys, but she had a hard time believing me. One time I sang her the song that goes...
Mommies taking us to the zoo tomorrow, Zoo tomorrow, zoo tomorrow. Mommies taking us to the zoo tomorrow , we're gonna stay all day. We're going to the zoo zoo zoo, you can come too too too, we're going to the zoo zoo zoo!
So naturally she remembered I sang it that one time, and insisted the whole way up that we sing it... shoot me! Even though there was no where to park and the zoo was packed, it was a really fun day! Rylee loved most of the animals, but got freaked out by the gorilla! She couldn't get away fast enough from the sleeping gorilla. Good thing it wasn't awake or she would have had a heart attack!
All ready to see some animals!
Rylee and Jade
We stopped at the Tigers first. She could have spent the whole day there! Any tiger or cat looking animal she saw, she would say, " Look mom its Moe Moe." I love that every cat is named Moe Moe!
The Giraffes were a big hit too!
She couldn't look at the camera for longer then a second... she needed to look at those animals.
Barb and Jade.
Barb nannies for this super cute little girl.
You wonder why she is so scared?
They are having a Jurassic theme for the summer, and there are big dinosaurs everywhere that move and make noise. The T-Rex scared the crap out of her.
Barbs SIL came up to with her little girl and the 2 kids she nannies.
Holli Barb and their kids.
The scary gorilla
Is she not gorgeous?!
Last time we were at the zoo, Rylee hated the carousel. This time she didn't want to get off!
Barb and Holli left after a few hours, but me and Ry stayed a little longer by ourselves.
Hmmm... what is everyone looking at?
Just a tiger eating a bunny rabbit!
So we stopped by the tigers one more time before we left, and there was a lady with buckets of food. I thought it might be kind of cool to watch her feed them. So, we stuck around... front row mind you. She was hiding huge cow bones and bunny rabbits in the tigers cage. She said that they only do this once a month, so consider yourself lucky to see it. They hide them so that the tigers have to come out and find them. It keeps their senses strong. Sure enough they let the tigers out and all 4 of them started searching and smelling. The one grabbed a bunny ( their frozen) out of a tree and started ripping it apart. Rylee thought it was funny, and I thought it was pretty cool to see!
You cant tell by this picture, but she had a great time!
