Hurray! Zoo day!!

A few weeks back we went to the Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison with Grandma Strub, Aunt Erica, and cousins Daniel and Kayleigh. What a fun day!!

The zoo is FREE and a really fun place. They are in the process of redoing a whole bunch of things, so it will be even better and still free. For a small zoo, it is pretty great. I think it's just the right size for our family. And not too big so as to exhaust all your energy. (The parents energy that is, somehow children can keep going and going!)




I wish I would have taken some pictures of the new playland - a treehouse! We watched it being built last summer. There is a carousel just next to the playground area.



Here's the giraffe exhibit. Last year we visited the week that they got 2 new giraffes. That was pretty neat. There are 3 now. We had fun posing at this spot.



Leannora and Owen are watching the 2 lions in this picture. One visit we were standing near the male lion. He was laying down in the grass. Then he got up and walked over to the female lion who was lying on the rocks. He pawed at her a bit and she just swiped back answering that she was not in the mood to play. So he went back over to where we were standing and let out a few good roars. Maybe he was complaining to all of us? Anyways, it was really cool. They are such amazingly powerful animals! What a creator we have!



Able got tired out after adventuring through the zoo.
We have some similar pictures of Kayleigh at the same age sleeping in the stroller too. So cute!



If any buddy is ever interested in a zoo adventure sometime we would love to have you up here for a day or weekend or whatever! Our big van is great for packing people and strollers snacks and stuff and especially children. I've never been there on a weekend before - I imagine it would be pretty busy. But I know that weekdays are really great!

So . . . till our next posted adventure. . .
bye
kimmilligan