Zoo with Jamie, Maryn & Maria

Izzy and I spent Friday morning with Jamie & Maryn at the zoo. We got there right when the zoo opened and it was raining a little bit. We started on the elephant trail because Maryn wanted to see the elephants, but they must have been sleeping because we couldn't find them anywhere! BUT ... the Siamangs, pythons, and orangutans were out and very social. The siamangs were so excited to see us that they stood right up on the ledge of the glass and reached their hands against the glass like they wanted to touch us. We got down to their level and were eye to eye with one of them. It was so cool. Actually, Izzy was kind of freaked out by it - I don't think she understands the concept of glass yet so I think she thought it was too close. It was truly amazing - I think it was one of my highlights at the zoo ever!

A bit later we made it over to the penguin exhibit. This time the penguins were mostly above water - maybe because it was cooler and overcast that day? Nonetheless, it wasn't as exciting as previous visits, but I still think it's Izzy's favorite thing at the zoo. Here are a few photos of Izzy and Maryn at the penguin exhibit:



A bit later we headed to the Northern trail and saw the brown bear and river otters. The brown bear actually plunged into the water and was walking along the bottom. It was so cool - I haven't seen the bears do that before! The otters were super playful and diving through the water and playing.



Just before lunch, we headed over to Zoomazium to let the girls play and get some energy out. It turned out that we were there at just the right time. At 11:30 they started playing music and gave the kids shakers so that they could dance with the music. Izzy and Maryn had a fun time dancing along - as you can see in these videos:

Maria joined us for lunch and a few afternoon exhibits. We started with the flamingos on the way over to the lemurs who were swinging from the trees. These photos of Jamie and Maryn and Maria were taken at the Colobus Monkey exhibit - if you look carefully in the tree behind Maria you can see the black and white monkey fur up on the tree!

It was a really fun day - thanks to Jamie, Maryn, and Maria for sharing it with us!