lions and tigers and bears.....oh my!

elena is a little obsessed with animals. she can make about every animal sound and thrives on being quizzed! she flips through books to see if there are pictures of animals in them....if there are, she brings it over for us to read to her - if there isn't, it gets tossed aside. she is able to label several animals in books, pictures, on tv, on t-shirts, etc. jason and i wanted to take advantage of her obsession and the nice weather while it lasts, so last weekend we took lanie to the zoo! we weren't quite sure how she'd react....if she'd stare in amazement, speechless or have the same enthusiasm seeing them in person as she does in seeing their pictures.

the first exhibit we went to were the bears and sure enough she called out, "bear, bear, grrrrrr, grrrrrr..." she labeled the animals and made their appropriate sounds! it was so much fun for jason and i to see her experience her first time at the zoo! elena especially loved the bears, penguins, monkeys and birds.

"bear, bear, grrrrr, grrrrr!"

a better look...

checking out the polar bears...

"the best view at the zoo..."

the penguin house

entering the primate house

"smile for the chimps..."

"i'll catch up in no time!"

"hi there...wanna come out and play with me?!"

"hey, did you see that camel's bumps...that's what mama's going to look like!"

"what's next? what's next?"

"check out all the birds...there's ducks, geese and flamingos!"

"the goose says 'honk honk' (she presses her nose while honking)!"

our first family trip to the zoo!

"ya think i can just move in here?! i love it here! i can't wait to show bubba all the animals!"


you can see all our pictures from the zoo HERE

"Each day of our lives we make deposits in the memory banks of our children." -Charles R. Swindoll