It's a zoo out there!

Guess what we did today?  We went to the zoo!  Addy was thrilled to find out we were riding the "train" aka DartRail out there.

Daddy wasn't such a fan of the train...

Penguins were first...

We headed to the Giants of the Safari exhibit next...and we ended up spending most of our time there. It is just so cool. :)

The elephant was up first...

Addy was convinced it was "Horton" from her very favorite Dr. Seuss book. She was enamored.

Next up were the giraffes....

Daddy and his girl had a special moment when they got to feed the giraffes. Is it silly to say I actually teared up a tiny bit when I was watching them? They just both looked SO happy. I was overjoyed. :)

We headed to the gorillas next. They were all hiding out, but we found some statues that Addy was pleased with.

We headed to the reptile house next...no pictures...probably because I don't like snakes.  Have to tell the funny story of the day though.  We went to the cage where the King Cobra was.  Of course, as we walk up to the cage, the docile reptile became not so docile and began slithering toward Addy.  Her daddy and I were grossed out to say the least, but our girl was not.  She got her finger up and started pointing at that King Cobra saying "NO"..."NO"..."NO".  She did not want that snake moving towards her.  She definately got some laughs!

We left the zoo with one tired girl and two tired parents...but it was so worth it. She had a blast and so did we. (It was so nice to experience the zoo outside of a field trip with my class...I could actually relax a bit and see the animals! Who knew?!)

Best part of the day...she made a new "friend"....