Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Point Defiance Zoo: our day in pictures.

we went to the zoo today, and contrary to what the forecast was calling for (50 degrees and rainy) it was a beautiful day. whew. thank goodness i don't put too much stock into what the meteorologist says. we were prepared for the worst though, hence the umbrella-toting children:

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this was the welcome wagon; he was outside the entrance to the zoo and the first critter we saw. he fanned out his feathers right in front us.
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when i was tucking katie in tonight, i asked her what her favorite parts were, and these were her answers:

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"the camel ride...."

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"the tiger 'rawring'...." (trust me he was "rawring", just not in this pic)

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"and the miracle round." that last one made me smile :)

i think that MY favorites were probably these guys:

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not sure what this last guy was doing LOL....hoping not some sort of nazi salute; maybe he just knows the answer to the question.

oh, and these guys:

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kiddos fascinated by meerkats.

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watching the otters. they were so cute i wanted to squeeze their fuzzy lil' cheeks and bring one home to live in my bathtub.

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frog-watching with gabs.

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watching the walruses. hmmmm, noticing a pattern here; i got an awful lot of pictures of my kids backs. i'll have to work on that next time LOL

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just for you heidi! they are spiders! in a spiderweb! :D

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katie climbing on a sculpture. i think she was trying to climb on the "dad's" shoulders.

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i'm glad i snapped this shot before the "miracle round" started moving....cause sam started screaming when the lion started going up and down and the girl had to stop the ride so i could go get him. ha.

thanks for looking!

2 comments:

  1. I love otters! take some for my bath too!

    and I LOL @ nazi Leemurs. He was actually waving his parade wave.

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  2. i can't look at those lemur pics without smiling. they just make me giggle every time i see them. they were SO funny.

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