More Zoo!

We had a fun family outing at the zoo the other day. It was rather hot as you might be able to tell from the pics. Here are some pics of all the fun.

Here are Nate and Elin feeding the animals.

Some rather large tortises.

Penguins - above water.

Penguins below water.

This is totally cool - you get to feed the giraffes and pet them if they are in a good mood.

While the kids loved the zoo - they were totally enamored by the train. They had to tolerate a few boring things - like the wolves and big cats before we they got to go on the train.

Here are the happy train-riding faces.

Elin's Zoo Trip

Elin got to go on a field trip to a zoo recently. I just got some of the pics of her - here are my two favorites. Miracle of miracles she even agreed to wear shorts (read not a dress) because there is a climbing park at the zoo.

Elin is an animal lover just like Jason. The mean cat in my mom's neighborhood followed her around and she said, "Oh hi, nice kitty . . ." and proceeded to pet it like nothing else. She just is quite natural with animals and the animals like her. Maybe she can really talk to them . . .

This is really the zenith of the trip for Elin. She missed the first field trip because she was sick and was so disappointed she didn't get to ride the bus. Well, second time around she finally made it on a school bus. She was thrilled for days - what a smile, huh?