The Zoo!

After all that wildlife on the farm, it was time to take Daniel to see some truly exotic animals. So we headed to Sedgwick County Zoo, "a nationally renowned zoo that is the 18th largest in the US and the state's most popular tourist attraction." (The world's largest ball of twine is going to get jealous.)

We had a great time, even though it was approximately 150 degrees. No, not that hot, but I've become accustomed to temperatures that stay in the 70s and 80s, so I was a little toasty. We saw giraffes and elephants and tigers and monkeys and snakes and pretty much every other kind of cool animal that you can imagine.

The petting zoo was pretty cool. They had different areas: Asian Farm, American Farm, and African Farm. Each one had little food pellets that we bought for 25 cents and then fed to the animals. Mom made the mistake of going to the food pellet station inside the fence, so all the goats swarmed her and she couldn't even get the food out without wedging her body against the machine to block the greedy goats. It was quite humorous to the rest of us, not so much to Mom.






After having some beets for lunch:

Today we're planning a little shopping. Aunt and Grandma came up from Oklahoma and Aunt's favorite activity is shopping so I'm happy to oblige. I'm looking for a homecoming dress--even though Zach probably won't even notice me since he'll go straight for the baby. But at least I'll look good in pictures!