One of the traditions that we have started for our little family is making a trip to the zoo every summer! We were especially excited to go this year because the boys were older and plus they just opened a new polar bear exhibit! We got there right when it opened at 9:00 and it was perfect...there were not very many people there and the animals were all super active and eating their breakfast!
The first stop...the eagle's nest!
We went straight to the new polar bear exhibit hoping to get a glance of the bear before it got too crowded...and boy did we get there at a good time! As the lady next to me said "This polar bear definitely knows how to be a zoo animal!" He would take a lap around his little pool and then swim under the water and come up right at the glass where we were watching...he did this about 15 times each time touching the glass right where we were standing! It was so cool! Paxton was a little nervous but Tegan loved it! Here is a great shot of Tegan and the bear!
Paxton preferred to watch from a little farther back!
Next we went to go see Andy's favorite animal...the tigers! They were also pretty active this time! This big guy would come right up to the fence where we were standing and give us a little growl as we passed. We also got to see the other 2 tigers swimming in their little pool and they were growling at each other and almost got into a cat fight...taking swipes at each other! Again...super cool!
Posing by the lions! We heard that they are working on a new exhibit that will open in 2014 that will bring lions and other big cats back to the zoo! We are excited about that!
As we were walking to go see more animals, the tiger followed us to this little bridge. He and Andy had a little stare down and the tiger was growling at him. I was starting to get a little bit nervous especially considering there was only a net separating our family from this huge tiger!
Paxton was so excited to see his giraffe! They were eating and started to walk over towards us but didn't want to get too close!
After that we met up with Andy's family for the elephant show! Paxton was so excited to see his cousins! Here are some of them waiting to see Zuri the baby elephant!
Tegan was pretty excited!
We got to ride the carousel...which is one of my favorite parts of the zoo! Paxton rode the hippo and Tegan rode the donkey!
Paxton was not to excited to ride this time...so I had to stand right next to him practically forcing him to stay on the ride!
You can't go to the zoo without getting this classic shot!
Paxton is as big as a juvenile monkey...
Tegan is as big as an infant monkey!
Finally after 4 hours exploring the zoo (a record for us!) Tegan was exhausted and fell asleep!
Paxton got to make a trip to the gift shop and picked out this stuffed polar bear...which has been by his side since he grabbed it off the shelf! It is his new friend...yesterday he taught the polar bear to play catch! He is so funny!
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