Toledo Zoo Fun!

 I felt a little home-bound and stir-crazy all summer with having a baby and everything else we had going on. The one thing I wanted to make sure we did was go to the zoo. Every time we had an opportunity, it was way too hot for the boy. We finally made it happen when my parents were in town. We picked the Toledo Zoo since we hadn't been there in a few years. We had a great day at the zoo. 

I was most excited to show my Bear a real Bear. It reminded me of a year ago when we were at the St. Louis Zoo. The bear there was so cool. I remember texting Chris a picture of him and him texting me back, "is that a real bear?". My Teddy Bear was in my tummy at the time, and I had no idea. 

 Theodore was very agreeable. As always. He really liked the aquarium.  

 Leah and Juliet love these things. They always want to stick their heads in and get their pictures taken. They always fight over who gets to be "bigger". 

 Leah loves a map! Both girls were so excited by the zoo. They ran around talking about how great it was and how cool everything was. It was really sweet. I struggle with them growing up, but seeing them at the zoo reminded me they are still kids. 

 The zoo updated the aquarium since the last time we were there 5 years ago. It was really nice. Not quite The Shedd, but pretty impressive nonetheless. 

 This turtle kind of awkwardly floated and freaked out Leah, who wanted to find a worker and tell them that something was wrong with the turtle. Turns out, he was hit by a boat propeller and very seriously wounded. He has some weights in his body that make him float like this. He can still get around and leads a happy life, though.

 I loved the jelly fish. 

 Juliet liked watching the diver in the tank. He was giving high fives and fist bumps. 

 The monkeys/gorillas/orangutans are always equal parts beautiful, amazing, and sad. I hate seeing them caged up. I hate when they look sad and depressed. But it's crazy how human like and smart they look. But it always makes me sad thinking of how I would feel if I was in a cage with people watching me. 

 It was this guy's birthday. The kids made him cards. 

 The grandparents were troopers. We walked for almost 5 hours straight. We had to see it all.

 Chris and Bear were really excited to feed the giraffes! 

 Feeding the giraffes was really cool. They are such gentle animals. They are so much bigger in real life! 

 Juliet got licked by a giraffe and then was done. She wouldn't feed any more because she didn't want to risk it happening again. 

 A good time was had by all!