Detroit Zoo Adventures

 I love this picture of the cousins waiting for the train. What Leah started had to be copied by each girl. All the kids really liked the train. When we went through the tunnel it was so dark that I was silently freaking out because I couldn't see Juliet at all. I blindly grabbed her dress and leg and held on with all my might. 

 Juliet thought the train was awesome. 

 That's the only picture I have of Lucia because we got separated from them going into the Arctic circle, and then they had to go back home. Leah was a little bummed that they didn't get to see much. We continued on with Aunt Renee and Hannah and had lots of fun. 

 The girls thought the Arctic Circle was pretty cool, but were bummed that there were no polar bears.

 Of course we had to ride the Merry-go-Round. Man, was I missing Chris at this point. I am too old for Merry-go-Rounds.  

 This was my favorite part of the trip. The pictures are hard to see because I was taking them through glass. This little chimp came up to the window. At this point it was only me and Juliet at this particular window. He started to lean against the glass and jump up and down. At this point, a large crowd started to form behind me and Juliet. We were thinking he was really cute, and then he started THROWING himself against the glass, right at Juliet. Juliet FREAKED OUT and was crying hysterically. The crowd behind us was like 6 people deep and we couldn't get out. Then the chimp felt bad, looked at Juliet, and started stroking the glass right where she was. Juliet kept saying, "Him sorry, now, Mommy!" It was so cute. Then he went over to these other chimps that were also at the window grooming each other. He stuck his finger up the other chimp's butt (which was mighty dirty, as you can see) and licked his finger. Juliet and I were so disturbed. He went to do it again, and Juliet was like, "I don't want to see him eat a poop Popsicle finger". So we pushed our way out. 

 The girls really liked the butterfly house. Leah tried so hard to get a butterfly to land on her finger, but to no avail. Both  girls were getting a little tired here. They really liked this large butterfly. He was injured and couldn't fly. Leah knew the rules of not touching the butterflies, and tried to tell other kids. They didn't listen and then they got yelled at. Leah was like, "I tried to tell you!"

 A fun zoo day!