Dallas Zoo Trip
Another really fun day!! I surprised Riley by taking her to the zoo today. My mom was in on it and came along as well. Jeremy explained to Julia where we would be going when he put her down last night. Riley was very excited to try to figure it out and guessed the Arboretum which was a great guess! She loved the idea of going when we told her on the way down which is good!
We left around 8am and got to the zoo right as it opened at 9am. Lathered ourselves in sunscreen and headed inside. Julia wasn't quite sure what we were doing, but got so giggly and said "They very loud!!" when we saw some toucans as we walked into the park. She didn't want to leave any of the animals ever. Whichever animal we were at, she only wanted to stay there.
We were able to see the elephants walking, swinging their trunks and feeding themselves. Then we watched them go to sleep.
Then we made our way to the giraffes. It was awesome! There was one gliding/running in the back of the savannah which zebras were running like crazy as well as deer. Just beautiful! We bought some lettuce to let the girls feed the giraffes. Julia kept saying "Hi animals!! Hi animals!" then changed it to "Hi giraffes!" once she knew what they were called. Riley wanted to pet them and did so after feeding them. Julia fed them one leaf and just preferred to watch them.
Though their favorite part was playing under a hut with a thatched roof and getting soaking wet from the misters. Which was probably best as it was in the low 90s quite early this morning.
We took a snack break while we waited for the monorail to come around. Jules was excited about riding the 'train.' She did not want to sit down! Kept moving constantly between my mom and I and couldn't figure out where she wanted to go.
After the monorail took us around a portion of the park, we went to watch the bird exhibit. Which was slightly disappointing as the guy they called up to the front ended up falling into the water just like the girl did last time. Obviously staged :( Bummer. But the girls loved it. Especially when the owl went flying directly over our heads and very close to us.
We then made our way to the car and went home. Two and a half hours was the perfect amount of time to take them to the zoo. Tonight Julia kept talking about how she saw lions, elephants - "they eat with trunks! then sleep like this! (eyes closed)," giraffes... she would close her eyes and immediately open them to talk about the animals she saw today.
Riley loved it as well!
We went to Willow Bend Mall to get some lunch and do a little more school shopping. Got Madi a bunch more shirts as she's needing them. Then came home for a little while to chill. Then went to my parent's for a late-night swim before eating dinner and going to bed.
Was a fantastic day!!
We left around 8am and got to the zoo right as it opened at 9am. Lathered ourselves in sunscreen and headed inside. Julia wasn't quite sure what we were doing, but got so giggly and said "They very loud!!" when we saw some toucans as we walked into the park. She didn't want to leave any of the animals ever. Whichever animal we were at, she only wanted to stay there.
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| So happy about her surprise trip! |
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| Watching the birds when we first enter the zoo |
We were able to see the elephants walking, swinging their trunks and feeding themselves. Then we watched them go to sleep.
Then we made our way to the giraffes. It was awesome! There was one gliding/running in the back of the savannah which zebras were running like crazy as well as deer. Just beautiful! We bought some lettuce to let the girls feed the giraffes. Julia kept saying "Hi animals!! Hi animals!" then changed it to "Hi giraffes!" once she knew what they were called. Riley wanted to pet them and did so after feeding them. Julia fed them one leaf and just preferred to watch them.
Though their favorite part was playing under a hut with a thatched roof and getting soaking wet from the misters. Which was probably best as it was in the low 90s quite early this morning.
We took a snack break while we waited for the monorail to come around. Jules was excited about riding the 'train.' She did not want to sit down! Kept moving constantly between my mom and I and couldn't figure out where she wanted to go.
After the monorail took us around a portion of the park, we went to watch the bird exhibit. Which was slightly disappointing as the guy they called up to the front ended up falling into the water just like the girl did last time. Obviously staged :( Bummer. But the girls loved it. Especially when the owl went flying directly over our heads and very close to us.
We then made our way to the car and went home. Two and a half hours was the perfect amount of time to take them to the zoo. Tonight Julia kept talking about how she saw lions, elephants - "they eat with trunks! then sleep like this! (eyes closed)," giraffes... she would close her eyes and immediately open them to talk about the animals she saw today.
Riley loved it as well!
We went to Willow Bend Mall to get some lunch and do a little more school shopping. Got Madi a bunch more shirts as she's needing them. Then came home for a little while to chill. Then went to my parent's for a late-night swim before eating dinner and going to bed.
Was a fantastic day!!
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