A Day at the Zoo

In an effort to get out of the house and make new memories and encourage exploration for the girls, I bought season passes to the Louisville Zoo. We packed the kidlets up this past Sunday and spent the morning (skipping church - yeah, I know) enjoying God's creatures. Anna had a good time, but Libby....Libby was in her element! She would have stayed for hours at just about every exhibit if we had let her. Even the bugs were a hit with her, she carefully examined each one. Her favorite, of course, was....well...I'll let you decide what you think my little monkey would most closely identify with...

I had to get a picture of these rhinos. It's a tradition, every time I go I pay them a visit - and this is the side I see. So, I have a picture of the business end of these rhinos from every zoo trip. I think they do it on purpose...

We were happy to meet little Oliver, one of Louisville Zoo's newest additions!


After our circus trip last week Libby was all about the elephants! We were able to see the zookeepers put them through their daily exercises, and let me tell you, if you have a dog you should be ashamed if your canine friend can't do tricks like these pachyderms...

They "shaked"...

They "sat"...

They "laid down"...

They even fetched!

And the tail holding is just the sweetest thing ever!

Did I mention the TerrorTot was spell-bound?

Anna sized herself up to a gorilla...


And Libby had a bonding moment with one...

Another big hit with the short crowd was getting to "meet" Sasha the Amur Tiger. What a big kitty! Sasha's trainer explained that they train the tigers to be able to accept health checks and veternarian visits without having to be anesthesized.

We were able to get up close and personal with him...

..by bribing him with horse meat!

Cheese!


Say hi!

The size of this cat was astounding!

Can you guess what animal was Libby's favorite?