This was Aliyah's first experience with Hogle Zoo. School had finished for the year so Dave took a Friday off and we made a day of it. The Zoo is so much better with kids. It was so fun to see Aliyah experience seeing these animals in real life--not just a cartoon!
We went to the bird show. Which she loved. There was one bird that flew RIGHT over our heads and whether we felt the birds wings/tail or just the wind from them flapping it was close. Aliyah put her hand to her head and couldn't figure out what had happened. It was a fun show.
One of the highlights for Aliyah was the Carousel ride. She wanted the bear but the bison would do--and it was on the outside for optimal picture taking! She loved every minute of it.
And she cried and cried when she had to get off.
The other highlight was one of the buildings that had animals in it. She was completely fascinated by the orange monkeys and the birds.
Aliyah working on her apple...
just like the giraffe and his leaves.
They had a number of lego exhibits throughout the zoo. These were "face boards" were also built of legos. As you can see she loved the orange monkeys...
but not the gray ones as much!
We loved the zoo and we loved being together. When we ask Aliyah what she saw at the zoo she says, "We saw elephants, and....fish."
Nothing better than being with family!
