"They Would Put Me in the Zoo..."

Tanya, Burke, Ivan, Lincoln, Adelia, Graham, Emree 

My brother Jackson called me up the first week in April to see if the kids and I wanted to go to the zoo with him and Emree and his girlfriend Bri. I wanted to, but the weather was bad, so we decided to go the next week, then the weather was bad again, then again, until finally today (the last day of April) we were able to go. My mom and my step-sister Tanya and her boys came with us.

First stop, elephants. Lincoln was quick to point out, "Look Mom! That elephant feeds her baby just like you do!" Yeesh. It's probably a good thing Oliver is not the size of a baby elephant.

 Jackson and Bri

Emree and Mom

 Ivan and Linc chillin' at the elephant statue

My favorite part of the zoo was watching the sea lions. They were cool to see and swam all over the place, so we got a good look.

 Graham, Emree, Bri, Jackson, Lincoln, Ivan, Oliver, Krystal, Adelia

The giraffes were pretty cool too. I was glad they were out, because they are what Adelia really wanted to see the most. She's been talking about seeing the giraffes all month.

Lincoln took this picture of Adelia, Oliver, Krystal, Gramma Tam, Graham, Tanya, and Burke

Gramma Tam taking a pic of the grandkids: Ivan, Graham, Linc, Del, and Burke

Ivan, Burke, Graham, Linc, Del

The thing Ivan wanted to see most was "a real life polar bear." And the polar bear did not disappoint. He paced back and forth the whole time we stood looking at him. Lincoln took this picture:

Tanya and I thought the zoo carousel was too expensive to ride, but Gramma Tam had other ideas, and bought all the kids a ticket. They were thrilled...all except Adelia to had the death grip on my neck and shouted in my ear, "I don't like this! I don't like this!" for the duration of the ride.

 I thought the giant turtles were cool:

I have to admit, that although we had a lot of fun at the zoo, it really isn't our "thing". As in, I'd probably never buy a zoo pass. Once every three years, or so, is enough for our family. But this trip, our "thing" did happen to be at the zoo...there was some sort of lego exhibit going on, so at different parts of the zoo, they had animals made out of legos. And right before we left, we stopped at the lego tent, where the kids could play with giant legos. Mine were in heaven...this is our thing. :) We need a pass to Lego Land or something. I had a hard time getting them out of here.