Catch Up - The Zoo

Ok this is my last catch up post from my parent's visit. I've not had great computer access the last couple of days, so I'm getting reacquainted with the world tonight! When my parents came to visit in June, we went to the zoo and I left with a zoo pass. We've used it a bunch this summer (I love it and always want one now) and we were able to use it with them when we went last week. It was actually a PERFECT day! It was warm enough to be out, but cool enough that the animals were totally active and the zoo was not remotely crowded. Yes! We all had fun watching Syd's reactions to the animals. She gets more observant each time we go. She spotted almost all of them this time and she's sort of an animal lover and goes a little nuts when she sees them. It's really cute. Here she is with grandpa.

With one of her favorite animals - the Komodo Dragon. Weird, I know, but she really likes them every time. My sister Jessica will be able to appreciate the irony in this.
We went in the Lorakeet exhibit and birds started landing on my mom! They usually only do that if you are feeding them (we weren't), but they really liked her. Syd was totally confused about it.

Her other favorite each time is some type of monkey. This time it was the Emperor Tamarins. He's hard to spot, but you can see his long white mustache just like a Chinese Emperor.

And finally, mom and Sydney at the zoo. There was a great big leaf storm about 3 minutes after we took this picture and it was snowing leaves. I loved it. Sydney tried to feed me leaves, they all ended up in some interesting places, and we had a great time. We love the zoo.

P.S. It was so fun to see all the babies too! There was a baby zebra, a baby giraffe, 3 baby snow leopards (cutest ever), 2 baby red pandas (possibly the cutest things I've ever seen - click here), and a bunch of other babies I don't remember. Good times!