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I am going to miss this~Zoo Trips

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I will miss waiting for him to get his shot.

eating

Watching their fascination with an animal eating.

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Silly pictures next to the sign.

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goats

Their excitement of the petting zoo.

wagon

Insisting we stop at the zoo wagon every time.

tiger

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Someone that thinks me making voices for the animals is funny.

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snacks

Snack time.

sealion

Silhouettes next to the Sea lion tank.

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bird

ride

Laughing with them about the silly squirrels.

sharing

Seeing my oldest share his camera with his brother.

 silly

That they still love to ride the Carousel.

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Over and over.

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I will miss two boys begging to ride the train just “one more time”.

I will miss these trips to the zoo one day.

I want to cherish them now.

Wild Kratts has ruined the zoo for my children…

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We went to the Oklahoma City Zoo again last week.

We went last year also, it takes a year for me to forget how tiring it is.

That zoo is big…

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The boys wanted to go straight to the Children’s Zoo.

Because they wanted to play in the water feature they have…

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I let them cool off but made them move on pretty quickly.

I did not drive 1.5hrs for them to play in the water!

We could have done that a lot closer to home!

ducks

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This time they got to hold the parakeets!

This was pretty amazing for them.

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My oldest was not as sure as his brother…

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Poor bird probably thought ,”why is this kid trying to drop me?”

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The zoo keeper said I needed to hold one also so I handed off my camera to my oldest.

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Then I did it again…

I am smiling big because he took several shots and then told us we need to get really close together.

I love it when he directs shots!

caracal

Here is where Wild Kratts has ruined my children.

Both boys were determined to stay here and stare at the Caracal until it jumped.

It jumps in Wild Kratts all the time so of course it will jump now…

Does it matter that Wild Kratts is a cartoon?

No.

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I told them it was hot and it had no reason to jump but they still thought we should wait.

It finally stretched and they thought for sure a jump was coming…

It laid back down and they both were like, “huh, I wonder why it is not jumping?”

I finally got them to leave the poor Caracal alone.

My youngest also thought a documentary on Sperm Wales would of course show a battle between them and a colossal squid(because it is in Wild Kratts).

He decided he wanted to watch the cartoon wale instead when he found out no battle was coming…

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We just happened to make it to the Elephants right when they were doing a demonstration!

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The boys were really enthralled by it.

I guess I should make more of an effort to hit up the demonstrations but I don’t like trying to be at a certain part of the zoo at a certain time!

elephants

The baby Elephant drinking out of the hose was so cute!

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ride

The boys decided to hitch a ride back to the entrance.

I don’t blame them…

Zoo Scavenger Hunt

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I found a really great Scavenger hunt through the Oakland Zoo website!

They have several to choose from and they are very educational.

scavenger

One of the clues is “A bird with feathers that can’t fly”.

The boys had a lot of fun and we all learned a lot!

I am really glad I have an iphone and therefore Siri!

I might have looked up several that I was drawing a blank on…

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cottoncandy

They got to pick out one special treat for finishing their papers.

They chose cotton candy, I sampled some to make sure it was okay…

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asleep

So cute!

Nick, I think I want a Jaguar cub…

All we need is a big cage, right?

rabbit

This little guy made me laugh.

My son was looking at the zoo guide we have before we got there and saw a bunny.

He said he really wanted to see a bunny at the zoo but I told him I did not think they had them.

On our way out of the zoo this little guy was hanging out by the entrance.

He of course was more excited about the rabbit than any of the other animals we saw.