This is going to be one of those more pictures than text blog entries. On September 26, 2016 (My Birthday) ;) Jane, Atlas and I went to the Houston Zoo with Sandra and Joseph. It was Jane and Atlas's first time to go to a zoo. We had a really great time!!
We stopped to say hi to the Meerkats first. Jane liked watching them run around.
Our next stop was to see the Elephants! Elephants are Jane's favorite animal, so she was pretty excited to see them! Recently she has been really attached to her stuffed dolphin. Maybe our next trip needs to be to Sea World!
Atlas didn't look at the animals much, but he really enjoyed the long walk and chewing on his stroller book. ;)
Jane was fascinated with the Komodo Dragon. It's so big!
I love how you can see Jane's reflection in the glass. A little unsettling though... I think it wanted to eat her...
Checking out the Zebras and Giraffes! It was a little too pricey to feed the giraffes. So we skipped it. Right after looking at the Giraffes we took a break from the heat and retreated to an eatery and grabbed some lunch and I was able to feed Atlas and change diapers.
Yay for the merry-go-round! Atlas loved it!! Probably his favorite part of the zoo.
Jane didn't want to stop riding. She loved getting to pick out what animal she got to ride.
Trying to get a group shot and Jane kept running away. Bahaha!
We did get one eventually! Holding Uncle Joseph's hand. So sweet!
Hey I got in a picture! ;) Atlas was in love with that water bottle. heehee!
Jane loved the petting zoo! She had to find every goat and brush it at least once.
My little Rhino with his Rhino in front of the Rhinos! Aunt Cerena gave Atlas a Rhino outfit when he was a newborn and I think a Rhino is perfect for him. He's such a big guy and so tough. Kokoo/Sandra got this stuffed Rhino for Atlas from the Zoo. We love it!
We had some fun playing on the Zoo playground too. :) Crawling inside a hippo!
Atlas took a nap in the stroller and then I wore him for a while so he could sleep a little longer. Looks like this Chimpanzee had a nap on the mind too. Jane was super scared of all of the primates! It was the only thing she was scared of all day. It was surprising to me. 5 little monkeys jumping on the bed is one of her favorite songs. I thought she might just be getting tired.
But then we went to see the bears right afterwards and Jane LOVED it! It was her second favorite animal exhibit.
We decided it was time to make our way to the exit so we breezed through the big cats.
Jane was wearing a lion mask that Sandra had gotten for Holden. She probably spend about half the time riding in the stroller and half the time walking on her own. She's got so much energy!
We had to visit the Aquarium before we left. The air conditioning was very refreshing!
The Aquarium was Atlas's favorite exhibit of the day by far. He really paid attention to all the fish. He had this look on his face pretty much the whole time we were in there. :D
Jane really enjoyed the Aquarium too! But then again, Jane loved pretty much everything except the monkeys. ;) We really wanted to visit the splash pad and the train, but we ran out of time. While I was writing this post Jane saw the pictures and said "I want to go there!!" So maybe we'll have to visit again sometime soon!
Jane on the ride home with her Elephant souvenir from Kokoo. I took this picture about a minute after we started driving. She was exhausted! It was such a good trip! Atlas and Jane did amazing. There was a little fussing here and there, but I expected that. No big meltdowns and everybody stayed happy almost the whole time! I love the Zoo. It's really fun to have an excuse to go again now that I have kiddos. :)
Genesis 1:20-25
And God Said, "Let the water teem with living creatures, and let birds fly above the earth across the vault of the sky." So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to it's kind. And God saw that it was good. God blessed them and said "be fruitful and increase in number and fill the water in the seas, and let the birds increase on the earth.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the fifth day.
And God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: the livestock, the creatures that move along the ground, and the wild animals, each according to its kind.” And it was so. God made the wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.
Then God said, “Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground.”
So God created mankind in his own image,
in the image of God he created them;
male and female he created them.
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