Field Trip!!! A ZOO!

Nanny.  She has been feeling crummy for weeks and weeks, and yet, here she is, ever the fun mom taking Aletta to the zoo.  She is one tough cookie.  And as always, living for others even at the expense of her own comfort.

I decided to pack up the kids and surprise her by showing up there at the same time.  (She loved it.) 
We can't take these moments for granted.

A section of the zoo was set aside for animatronics of hypothetical prehistoric animals. 

While everyone else was relegated to peering through cracks to see what animals were in this enclosure, Judah had no problem whatsoever.
Sometimes, it pays to be tall.

I think this bird was in competition with Judah and his pink shirt.  It was hilarious to watch.

Boy, do I want one of those feathers!

Weirdest bird I ever did see.

This lion was a crotchety old Grump and spent a good deal of time loudly complaining about his life.  But thanks to his grumpy ways, I now know how stinkin' LOUD a lions' roar is. 

It is unfathomably loud!  

 

We rarely do things like this (the price of zoos is... ouch.) but that face right there makes it all worthwhile.  I'm like a little kid when at a zoo.  It is so exciting and fun and amazing.  But I readily admit, I watch the animals only 50% of the time.  The other 50% for sure is spent watching the children light up with wonder and excitement.