St. Louis zoo

Evie and I made a trip to the zoo last week. It was a hot day, so I was glad we got there early, and were done by lunch time. 

She thought it was hilarious that the puma was "naked". I guess after seeing the tigers, lions, and leopards, it does look a little bare. 

We usually skip the antelope section, but since it was just the 2 of us, I let her lead the way. When I showed her the batangs, she angrily said, "cows don't belong at the zoo! they go on the farm. Call Papa to come get the cows." She didn't seem to mind any of the petting zoo "farm" animals, though.

she was super impressed with this mountain goat on the rock. I tried to show her some others that were much higher up on a steeper rock wall, but she wouldn't look away from this guy.

sneaking up on a bird...

She loved the gorilla statue. She said that it thought she was a baby gorilla. 

This picture isn't great, but that orangutan was under a blanket, playing peek-a-boo with her. She loved that.

We tried to do a picture with the flamingos, but it looks like we didn't get many birds in the shot. 

hugging another statue. From the picture, it looks like she may have kissed it too, yikes!

She claimed one of the chicken coops as her new house. A chicken came in with her, and she angrily stormed out, saying it was time to find a new house. 

It was a perfect day for the splash pad. 

I never take the kids in the children's zoo part, and forgotten how fun it is in there. 

She got to pet some guinea pigs. As soon as she was done, she asked the handler if she could wash her hands. then she kept talking about how dirty animals are.

She was proud to be the size of a river otter. 

She wasn't worried about the goats being dirty. She made sure to brush all of them. For a while, she had 2 brushes going at once to make sure she got them all. She was fascinated by their poo, and kept asking the handlers a million goat poo questions. She ultimately decided it was all coming from one goat she dubbed, "the poopy goat".

Not sure what about the cave reminded her of being here with Nic, but she talked about him non stop while we were in there, and then didn't mention him again once we left. 

A fun day at the zoo. Hopefully we'll be back with the other girls soon.