Since the kids didn't have soccer games this past Saturday (post celebrated Columbus Day, so no sports), we decided to venture to the North Carolina Zoo. Madison and Luke had been before when they were two and one respectively, but they didn't remember it at all. We met my sister, Meredith, her husband, Harry, and their daughter, Alaina. It was a beautiful day to tour the zoo. I told the kids it wouldn't be quite as nice as our old "local" zoo in San Diego. That zoo is a hard act to follow, but we really enjoyed the animals we saw at the NC Zoo.
Our first stop and one of the favorites, the giraffes and zebras.
The stripes on these animals are so amazing.
Alex sat like this for most of the zoo experience. He loved looking at everything.
Luke had to pose by the bug. He's become very interested in bugs lately. Great.
Mer with Alaina...Mer met me at the zoo once before when I just had Madison. That was much easier than our trip with now four kids!
Madison loves her cousin.
This poor duck was crossing the pathway, and Luke thought he could "catch it." Luckily, the duck found water first.
A WHITE Alligator! This was one of the main features, and it was pretty cool to see.
We had to have our picture taken in this part of North America at the zoo! It's our old home, the Sonora Desert. It was very cool to walk through this, but the kids were bummed not to see three animals we saw on a very regular (sometimes daily) basis: jackrabbits (all the time), coyote (every night), and donkeys (pretty often just outside the gate of post).
Shock of all shocks, posing with a cactus.
The kids loved the bobcat.
Toward the end of our day, we came upon the river otters. All three of my kids LOVED watching them. We sat here for at least five minutes, and you could tell the otters loved people.
Playground
Ready to head home. Thanks for meeting us there, Mer, Harry, and Alaina! It was so great to see you.
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