Phoenix Zoo

Tuesday we went to the zoo!

The kids were so excited!

{A HUGE thank you to the SCOTT family for making it possible!!!!!}

Jack was SO excited! He was running all over trying to find all of the animals!

But his favorite for sure was the Rhino!
We watched him for a long time, eating his breakfast.


He also liked the little deer {or whatever they are}

Ella was in charge of the map! She did a great job leading us through the zoo to see our favorite things.



The baboons were a lot of fun to watch too. Jack would see their red bums and say "ouchy mama!"



Jack did NOT like it when there was an exhibit without anything in it, or when he couldn't see what was inside.
"Where it go mama!?"


The kids thought these warthogs were really funny!
They smelled TERRIBLE and looked like sacks of skin.
So weird.

When Ella was little the flamingos were always her favorite!

But now it's the Zebra!

Then it was time for lunch.

The weather was so nice! 75 degrees!

We sat for a long time, just enjoying the breeze and feeding the ducks.

{When we got home we realised that enjoying the sun gave us all sunburns. Oops. Next time I wont forget the sunscreen!}

As we were walking along the water looking at the fish and turtles all of a sudden these HUGE peacocks walked RIGHT by Ella.

She was a little freaked out to say the least!

{My camera was acting up so much that day! AH!}

The monkey's were so fun to watch, jumping from rope to rope!

Finally in the afternoon Ryan got a call he had to take.

I knew it was going to happen at some point.

But that was ok, we all needed a good rest!

We took some pictures while we waited.

{Again, camera being weird!}

SUCH a DIVA! "hold one sec Mom".

When Ryan was off the phone we wanted to take some family shots, first time Ella didn't make it before the timer. Awwww... don't we look cute!?

My little baby kangaroos!

They had a lot of fun playing on there life size replicas of different animals.

Jack felt like he had found some of his own kind!

Ella loves turtles!

My Pearls!

So right after playing on all of the NONE real animals we went to play with some REAL animals.

{Why do petting zoo's always only have goats!?}

Jack was actually really great about getting down and brushing some of them.

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Until one stood up and realised, those are REAL!

Poor guy... he wouldn't let me set him down again.

Ella was so sweet, she brushed every single one. But she warned me, don't brush that one Mom, he's really aggressive. She's so funny! She also told me she's seriously thinking about becoming a veterinarian someday.

Couldn't walk by some tractors without trying them out.

Ella had so much fun milking this cow!!

Ok, well it wasn't a real cow, but it worked like a cow.

She said she wants to try to milk a real cow this summer when we go to Wisconsin!

Where was Jack, Oh, pushing a kid off the tractor so that he could have another turn. Nice.

Then... we were all pooped.

Jack crashed in the wagon while Ella made some friends in the play area.

She was running all over the place playing tag with a bunch of BOYS.

Out of breath!

We had such a great day! It was the perfect afternoon together as a family.

I'm so glad we went!