Baltimore Zoo

We finished Z week last week, and this week we went to the zoo to tie up the school year. Last we week we read about zoos and how they work. The National Zoo is a little lacking, but this was a really great zoo. We even invited one of the girls' friends to join us. Originally, we had planned on waiting until the afternoon to go and picking up Brian early from work on the way. However, this turned out to be too difficult since this zoo closes at 4pm. So we headed out earlier (10:30am or so) and still left the zoo right at closing time. It was a full day, but a fun one.

By the time we got there, had a bathroom break, and rode the tram into the zoo it was lunch time. So we picnicked here.

The kids all watched a Baltimore Raven fly around for them.

In the monkey house, the girls posed for a picture for me.

This was really a highlight of the zoo, feeding the giraffes...

I really enjoyed watching the chimpanzees the most, but the kids loved the children's section of the zoo with thing to climb on in between exhibits.

Playing birds in a nest, Hannah was the mommy bird, of course, bringing food back to her babies.

Isaac is a bear!

And last, but not least, we found the petting zoo. One of the goats ate a hole in Genna's pocket, but she didn't mind. I'm guessing maybe she had some food in there at some point and the smell was too irresistible for the mischievous goat.

I was happy we got to review so many of our animal facts we have learned this year. The kids were happy and well behaved. So after 4 hours, at least as many bathroom breaks, and some Dippin' Dots we left the zoo. Isaac was asleep in the car before we were out of the parking lot and the three girls played games and talked all the way home.