Carter's favorite exhibit was the first one we came to- the meerkats. He squealed with delight everytime he spotted one and screamed, "Mommy, I found another one" over and over, so cute! The meerkats seemed to like him despite his extreme enthusiasm and kept standing up on their back legs right in front of him, much to his delight.
Abbie was most excited to see the flamingos (otherwise known as "mangos") and talked about them all morning before we got to the zoo, but once we got there, she was not all that impressed.
The giraffes were one of the few active animals that day and this one was quite interested in Carter. It was pretty amazing although I must admit that I have watched way too many episodes of America's Funniest Home Videos to be entirely comfortable as the giraffe wiggled its very long, agile tongue around.
Abigail used her skills from watching years of Dora the Explorer to navigate around the zoo
Finally we made it to the much anticipated monkey exhibits. The orangutans were napping for the most part but a baby swung around on its ropes for a few minutes for us.
Abbie was much more interested in the telescopes set up all around the zoo than in any of the animal exhibits
And now for the most anticipated exhibit of all- the gorilla habitat. It was under construction the last time DJ & I went to the zoo (during the time we refer to as BC, before children) and we have been excited to see it ever since. They weren't especially active either but we did see them walking about a little.
Carter didn't make it for more than five minutes on the car ride home before he was out cold.
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