Birthday at the zoo

Anna turned 14 yesterday. We made our second trip to the zoo after getting her ears pierced and lunch at Chick-fil-a.

Our first trip, we missed the gorillas. Yesterday we arrived just as the program about the gorillas began. We were able to see a mother and 3 month old baby. After that, we moseyed around, taking our time, and enjoying the non-animal activities. Sadly for Peter, most of these activities require you to weigh more than his 35 pounds. He can ride the carousel, however, and after taking a few whirls around, we crossed over the bridge to the gardens and splash pad. I can tell we are going to love this zoo!

You can walk inside the kangaroo exhibit. They were so excited to see us.

Mother and baby gorilla

Cones in their natural habitat

The ropes activity they all had been looking forward to.

The misery of not weighing enough to participate

Pony rides

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