Sunday, September 26, 2010

A Trip to the Zoo!

Today, we met Mimi and Papa at the Waco Zoo! It was a great day and the weather was perfect! This was Joshua's 3rd time to go to a zoo. In his short little life he has been to 3 different zoos, The San Antonio Zoo, The Nebraska Zoo and now he can add The Waco Zoo to his list. I will have to say that today's trip he was a little more into seeing the animals and making the sounds that they make. Granted he was only a baby when he went the other two times!

Joshua's 1st trip to the zoo went a little something like this:
His 2nd trip was in Nebraska and he is about 8 months old, at least he is awake, right?


and now 3 years later; we got to the zoo right when they opened so, it was not very crowded while we were there. It was really nice and Joshua was having a blast!


Showing us on the map what animals he wants to see first

Mimi and Joshua in the Rain forest.



Fierce lion! Well, not in this picture, but he did show off a little for us by rolling over and putting his tummy in the air...funny!!



So, towards the end and after alot of walking Joshua was about done and all he wanted to do was play with his cars.



He did stop long enough to view the elephants and tell us what sound an elephant makes. He was pretty close!


The giraffes! I can't get over how tall these animals are! Super tall! Joshua wanted to "pet" them, ummmm I don't think that would be a good idea!


This "big cat" was asleep when we first went to look at him and then he woke up and rolled over like he wanted us to scratch his belly. Ha! He put his paw up and Joshua gave him a "five". In the picture below it looks like Joshua is saying you want me to do what!?!? haha!





Joshua had such a great time at the zoo and getting to spend time with Mimi and Papa. He loved looking at all the animals and trying to "call" them over to him so he could "pet" them. His favorite part of the zoo, I think were the aquariums and the otter exhibit! He loved that otter exhibit. He would get so tickled and excited every time the otter would swim towards him or spin. It was really cute to watch him. After the zoo we met uncle Eric and all went to have lunch. It was a great time and Joshua did very well for all the walking he did and not getting in a good nap. He actually fell asleep about 10 mins after we sat down for lunch and slept throughout the meal.
He woke up just as it was time to leave to head home. Thanks for the fun day Mimi and Papa!








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