Thursday, November 1, 2012

A Trip to the Zoo

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     This year and last the kids earned tickets to the Kansas City Zoo for our library's summer reading program.  Last year we were only able to take Grandma, and this year just Ducky - and we had a blast both times! :)
      No trip would be complete without "Map Boy".  Bubby insists on being our tour guide each time.  Map in hand, he leads us through where ever we are going.
Bubby aka Map Boy
     Highlights included the train ride, and the tram ride which took us up in the air to view some of the animals.
     It even featured growing moments where Bubby actually fed a sheep!
     We were even able to take in the sea lion show which we all loved.
     Shorty's favorite part was the kangaroos.  He was fascinated by them.  He would just stare and then hop like a kangaroo!
Hop, hop, hop
      Shorty did an amazing job through the day.  He walked, he rode, he got carried.  Eventually he melted down, but we had made it thru the entire zoo by then.
Shorty in the huge climbing tree
It was a wonderful and wonderfully exhausting day and they already have plans to make a trip next year too!

Mookie and Shorty zoo explorers!