Going to the Zoo

On Saturday my family, my parents, sisters Tammy and Shannon as well as three of Shannon's kids went to the zoo together. The last time we did something like this Ethan was only a few months old so it was nice to go do something as a family. So we got the zoo around 10:20 had planned to be there at 10 but with so many kids we were a little behind schedule anyhow we get there get threw the gates and hit the penguin house first and got to see them feeding the penguins which was kinda cool. Ethan liked the way the swim in the water. Next up we came across a rather large fountain which I remember from my childhood...there is somewhere in the piles of pictures at my parents house a picture of me with all my sisters in front of said fountain so I thought it would be funny to get one of the boys in front of the fountain. However Daniel was having none of that since he really wanted to walk not ride in a stroller and well Ethan managed to get his head caught in the railing around the fountain. I did end up snapping a picture of Daniel screaming with his cousins and Ethan if you look is about to get his head caught and start screaming. After this amusing event we ran from one exhibit to the next with kids pointing out things and owing and awing over them. I really like the fact that they use natural barriers on most of the animals so it's really easy to see them and get pretty close. The polar bear exhibit which actually is one of the best in the world was really cool to see. http://www.detroitzoo.org/Attractions/ARL/Arctic_Ring_of_Life/
This tells you all about it. After the bears we debated letting the kids feed the giraffes but decided they were getting to tired to wait for the next feeding time. We did this a binderpark zoo last year and Ethan thought it was so fun. So it was on to walk with the Kangaroos. This also is very cool you actually walk in the Kangaroo exhibit and it's very possible they will hop on the path with you...I didn't have that happen since they were all napping or just chilling in the shade but the kids thought it was great. Ethan kept telling me we were in the jungle. After seeing the usual Rhinos, Lions, Tigers, Bears, Bison, Moneys, etc. we heading off for the reptile house. Ethan loved tyring to find the snakes and turtles in all the cages. His cousin Gavin and him would race to see who could spot stuff first then run to the next tank. Very cute. At the end of the day Gavin who is good buds with Ethan asked to come play with us again sometime. This made me realize that I really do need to make more time for Ethan to play with his cousins there only an hour away and they have tons of fun together. Maybe well let Gavin come spend the night once we get back from Maine the boys would be over the moon about it.