Zoo Trip 2011

We travelled back to the lake for some time with family, sweet friends, fun on the lake and most importantly - TRIP TO THE ZOO!!  We took Cora last year, about this same time, and I was really excited to bring her again since she is a little older now.  Williams mom and dad joined us at the zoo and they spoiled all of us completely.  Cora loved it!  I've posted way too many pictures but we just had such a blast I couldn't bring myself to leave any of them out! 


Cora walking with her Papa Bell.



They enjoyed showing Cora everything!



Cora jumping like a frog.



"Hey William!" and Cora pushing her stroller which was a nice break for me!



Enjoying the seals!




The weather was actually cool enough for the Polar Bear to say hello!




Seeing the bears!  Check out his claws on his feet!  CRAZY!


The special exhibit was the albino alligators.  Legends says it brings good luck to look into their eyes.. hmmm...




I'm always amazed by how big the elephants are!





The next few pictures show my favorite moments of our time at the zoo with Cora!  I have a feeling we'll be visiting these attractions again on our next adventure at the zoo.  Cora enjoyed them very much!



Checking out the "Dora the Explorer" movie!  It was 4D meaning you got to wear special glasses and they sprayed you with water or poofs of air at certain points.  It was a nice rest break!


Cora even wore the glasses!




Yep - Crying after the movie was done.  It was at this point she started having a tiny breakdown.  I will add that it was close to lunch and nap time so she was feeling pretty hungry/tired.



Next, we got to feed the Giraffe's!!  My favorite part!  They had this deck you could stand on where the giraffes could reach out and take the leaves you offered them.  It was really neat.




Cora feeding the giraffe's!



She seemed to like it!



We attracted quite the crowd!



No trip to the zoo is complete without a ride on the carousel.  Or in our case 5 rides.











William was very sweet in riding with her!  I got a little motion sick after the first 2 times so I had to sit the other rides out.  He is such a trooper!

Cora and the elephant statue.  She sat on top of this last year and she has grown a lot!

Family photo in front of the zoo - again we did this same photo last year.  It'll be very different next year!