Zoo trip May 31- Warning lots of pictures

Bob took Tuesday off so that we had a nice 4 day weekend with Dad. So we decided to use the day to go to the zoo for the first time with Elise. We had a really good time. Aunt Kristina and her boyfriend Josh joined us. The only unfortunate part was that it was hot. We got there right when it opened in hopes to actually see the animals out before it got too hot. It worked out great. We got to see most of the animals and there wasn't too many people.  Elise was definitely done and melting by noon.

There is a new Tigers exhibit at the zoo. It was amazing to be so close. We were standing just on the other side of a glass window.

Looking at the tiger.

Monkey!

When we got to the Alaskan Brown Bear he was walking and pacing. So we all had a good time watching him.

The reason Elise has her tongue out is because that is what the bear was doing and she thought it was funny.

He had the right idea going for a swim.

Elise really liked seeing the giraffes. So much so that she wanted to get down and touch them. "Go see them."-to be exact

It is pretty cool how close you can get.

Awww, baby giraffe

Elise was not overly impressed with the rhinos. Although she did want to "see them." She did like the bridge to get to the rhinos because she could bounce on it.

The Cheetah was really cool too because one of them was pacing and walked right past the window. Elise was basically face to face with it.

The desert was nice too because you could easily see all of the animals, and some of them were moving around. Elise really liked watching the turtle.

We were hoping that the Polar Bear would be swimming around because it was such a hot day, but no such luck. Just in time to see him take a siesta. Not that I blame him.

The Sea Lions were funny because they were barking a lot. So Elise kept asking, "what's that noise?"

Kristina and I pet the sharks, but it was too hard for Elise because she was too short. She was also distracted by the picture of Nemo and the sharks. 

Real life Nemo!

Inside watching the Sea Lions.

The Penguins were our last stop inside, but we didn't stay very long because Elise was about to fall asleep and she kept saying "get going."

Josh as a penguin!

We had a really fun time. I definitely foresee more trips up to the zoo, hopefully we can go when it is a little cooler. Elise got a souvenir from the gift shop. It is a stuffed polar bear, Aunt Kristina helped her name him Harry. Now she makes sure that Harry is in bed with her every day.