Trip to the Zoo

We went to the Idaho Falls Zoo. My good friend Melissa and I tried several times to go last fall, but it never seemed to work right. Every time we got it scheduled, either one of the moms, or one of the kids were sick. This year, Melissa got a season pass and very generously invited us to tag along!

Max, Grant, Emma and Bria looking at the monkey. Definitely a fun thing to watch!

Our kids definitely don't measure up to a Golden Eagle! (Not yet anyway!) Cute little Max ran up to check even before being told to. I guess it was just so tempting to pretend play.

They have a fun little petting zoo. Bria LOVED it! She ran right in, found a brush, brushed and brushed and brushed and was finally the last to leave. Her approach to a lot of things is to just jump right in and go for it. Max on the other hand is a little more cautious. He watched from outside the gate for quite a while, decided it was okay to go in, went in, decided he didn't really like it, came out, watched some more, and finally went back in. When he worked up enough courage to touch one of the goats, it layed right down, which startled Max and little bit and he came right back out. After all that work, he was done with the petting zoo.

Bria, Max, Grant and Emma on the tiger.

We had such a fun day! We don't have a huge zoo here, but it is just about the right size for young kids. It has plenty of animals, but only takes an hour or two to walk through. After the zoo, we headed over to the park for a picnic and the kids burned off the rest of their energy on the playground.

Thanks, Melissa for such a fun day!