Trip to the Zoo: Part 3 .. Tigers & Birds & Bears...Oh My!

If you haven't read PART ONE about the PENGUINS ... or PART TWO about the DINOSAURS .. check those out!!!

We kept asking Nathan and Kaedyn which way we should go, and they would pull out the maps and point one way or another... lol... Nathan got a big kick out of that one, but a lot of the animals (seeing them in real life) scared him.  He was mostly interested in sitting in the stroller and looking but not getting as close as the rest of us.

We saw beautiful Tigers...

 A Snow Leopard that I had a very zoom in moment to get this photo of it layin on a rock under a tree (tricky shot! very happy with what I got)

We saw Kangaroos & Wallaby's ...

 and this little guy was called a "Wallaroo" ... I'm assuming the Kangaroo and a Wallaby got a little... friendly ... LOL... 

 I got some spectacular photos of the white Wolves...

 The Porcupine was ....  having ... some happy time... with the pole...  

 And a BEAUTIFUL Black Bear ... 

They had a bird house that is much like a butterfly house is if you've ever been in one of those...  it was FILLED with colorful birds. I loved taking pictures, here are some very pretty ones I decided to share...

 This one wasn't actually in the bird house, it was right outside....  I forget what it's called but it had "Laughing" in it's name... I thought that odd and humorous ... 

But in the bird house.....  the kids were given sticks of birdseed and honey to feed the birds...  so, Cal helped each of the kids feed a little to some birds...  (Nathan, Kaedyn, then Noah)

He's a great big brother............ sometimes.....

Toon back in for the last of our Zoo Pics....Giraffes ... Elephant ..  Lioness ... Pink Birds & more..

Day at the Zoo... Part 2: DINOSAURS ...

Check out Day at the Zoo: Part 1 - Penguins  ....  So we had asked Nathan were to after the Penguins ... and he looked at the map and said "DINOSAURS!"   ... of course....

We got our hands stamped (because it was a separate exhibit) .... with what else other then a dino!?

 All the dinosaurs are animatronic and this first one, and it's friend beside it ... spit out water ....

 Somewhere behind the shadows in this picture is a Long Neck ... (I learned my dino terms from Land Before Time!)

 Look! It's a THREE HORN! LOL...

 and a baby Three Horn!  (only it looks more like 9 .. but whatever)

 Oooooooh boys, don't get so close.... might eat you!

 Kaedyn isn't scared... he says "ROAR!"

 Babies!!

 the one in the egg would go down and pop out over and over ...

 Sker-rey...

 Another angle of the one above...

 It's the T-Rex!!! He's gonna eat us all!!!

 Whew - we made it through without getting eaten ....

 They even got to RIDE a dino!!  Kaedyn is in the front (our youngest, almost 3 year old) Nathan is behind him (our 4 year old) and Noah in the far back (our 9 year old)

Continue on the Adventure with PART THREE - TIGERS & BIRDS & BEARS ... OH MY!

Day at the Zoo .... Part 1

It's been FOREVER since I've been to a zoo with the kids... Kaedyn and Nathan have never been to a real zoo (we had a little tiny one that you could walk through in 10 minutes back at *home* in WI,)  We've been in WA for over a year now and FINALLY got to go to one of the two pretty local ones.  The first one we visited, Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle...

This zoo has this exhibit which Nathan was the most excited about (because he is obsessed with Dinos)

I was thinking about going to the zoo for Kaedyn's birthday coming up (he's gonna be THREE, biting knuckles....) but the exhibit closes just prior to his birthday.  So we had an appointment in Seattle for Nathan and decided to go after ....

Our first stop at the zoo was the Penguins ...

a lonely penguin ....

I was trying to catch a good picture from above (couldn't see) of a penguin swimming, but instead of catching the penguin, I just caught the shadow... thought it was a very cool picture even though it's not what I was trying to get.  Sometimes those are the best pictures huh? 

 Kaedyn, Noah and Nathan watching through the glass.   I find it amazing when the animals come right up to the glass like they want to play with you.

 This one kept swimming back and forth for Nathan... 

 Noah and Kaedyn

Some random shots.... 

These two penguins came swimming up to me together... 

This photo I just find amazing, one of my favorites from the day for sure...

Another couple of penguins ... 

Then we asked Nathan where he wanted to go ....

There was only ONE logical answer..... Find out in PART TWO of our ZOO ADVENTURE ...