Mother's Day at The Zoo

I thought long and hard about what I wanted to do for Mother's Day - and the Dallas Zoo won the mental list. It opens at nine, which gives us the most hours before naptime (compared to The FW Zoo). A brunch is just too much of a risk - you never know if going out to eat with these two will be a good time or not. The weather turned out just perfect for this today. It was overcast and 69 when we got there. We had a great, great time.

We always ride the elephants in the parking lot first.

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The gorillas were eating breakfast and very active this morning. We really got to see them up close!

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This one just sat down and stared right back at us.

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We rode the 1980s monorail. I love this little monorail - I always feel like I'm in that amusement park episode of the Brady bunch. Maybe Mike will jump on at any moment looking for his lost plans.

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Of course, the Shrek crocs were there.

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They love to pet the bunnies in the Children's area.

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We fed the birds today - Leo and I actually went in first, but somehow I didn't have the camera. This is Leo's FAVORITE thing to do at the zoo, and they landed all over him today. He was thrilled. Henry had a good time, too, but didn't want them to land on his arms. So I held the feed stick most of the time down where the birds would be near him. Then he was eventually brave enough to hold the stick.


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The zoo has a new exhibit called "Ghosts of the Bayou" that has albino alligators. We saw it for the first time today. Pretty neat!

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We always ride the carousel just before we leave. The boys wanted to ride in this spinning nest for the first time today - they loved it!

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