Zoology...

This past weekend we celebrated the end of Christopher's surgery rotation with a family excursion. So off to the Toledo Zoo we went. We got there right after it opened, scoring an awesome parking space, and getting us there in time to see the shark feeding. We really enjoyed the little aquarium and I wish we would have taken more pictures. But we did get a year pass so I'm sure we'll be there soon enough for more photo ops. We covered just about everything except the Science Museum, the kids petting zoo area, the butterfly conservatory, and the rainforest exhibit, which just gives us more fun and new things to do next time. We wondered how well the trip would go since this is the first time to the zoo for our kids. We psyched Kira up for a week, to the point where at night as we were trying to get her to go to sleep, she'd recite a l o n g list of animals that we would be seeing at the zoo. I think overall, it was a success. Alexis struggled a little due to sleep deprivation, but we finally got her to nod off for about 20 minutes. The girls were good and it was fun for Christopher and I to go to a zoo again. Here's just a fraction of the cool "aminals" we checked out. (Sorry, Kira had no love for the camera that day.)

There was a beautiful garden.

He's a biggun'

Penguins in the background

Mommy and Kira

Sleeping hippo

George

Finally...

This seal loved to swim upside down

Kira and Daddy

Courageous Kira had to do it by herself

Our favorites

"Roundee-round"

We even scored a free caricature. Guess who.