Sunday, November 10, 2013

Singing and Dancing at the Zoo

We didn't actually sing and dance at the zoo.

But we did go to the zoo!! Ryan found a coupon for tickets, the weather was really awesome for November 9th, and Maya is ridiculously happy lately. It sounded like a perfect family outing.

We arrived after lunch and Maya was immediately thrilled. She loves animals so we knew this was going to be pretty great for all of us.






Maya also turned 11 months old! She is such a smart, talented, funny, happy, loving little girl. I thank my lucky stars for her (and her temperament) every single day. I really hope it's indicative of what is to come as she gets older.


The polar bear exhibit was our favorite. We got to watch the zookeeper feed her. What was cool to me was that the polar bear was on the other side of her containment. Lots of people were there watching her. But when the zookeeper came up and said, "Lunch!" the bear walked on over. I liked that even though there was lots of other noise, the bear knew the voice of the man who feeds her.






We call Maya our little Tree Frog because of the way she grasps us when we are holding her. This little guy reminded us of her.





Nemo and his anononeme!



 


These little monkeys were Maya's favorite. She yelled and squealed at them! It was our last stop, and we enjoyed the finale.

Ryan and I are loving getting to do things like this as parents. It is such a different experience! We are looking forward to many more events such as this in the future.

1 comment:

Papa said...

Love all the photos! Gives Papa a chance to share a bit in your fun day!!