Kurtz Family Blog: Zoo with Nana

I had a half day in September and decided it would be a great day to take the kids to the zoo. So, we asked Nana to go with us and had a blast!! It was awesome to be at the zoo when no one else was there! Hunter wasn't feeling the greatest and the kids didn't get much of a nap beforehand but it was still a lot of fun!! We got to ride on 4 different rides and loved every minute of it! You can follow our adventure with the pictures attached...

Our first stop...the lion drinking fountain
(this was definitely a favorite of mine as a kid too!)

The pony ride...Mia wanted to make sure I wasn't holding on since she is a big girl and can do it herself! The pony didn't want to go back into her stall so we got to go 3 times around! BONUS!! The pony went for a 4th lap but Mia and I got off anyway!!

This is the closest we were going to get...the kids had ants in their pants and were ready to go to the next thing!

It was feeding time for the orangutans so they were swinging and playing...lots of fun to watch!!

Hunter and me cheesing on the carousel!

Mia being a big girl all by herself!

Nana & her favorite grandbabies!
We found out that the horses were stand-ins for the endangered species that were getting repainted!!

Mia running out of the kids escape

Hunter loved running through here...I thought I was going to have to follow him in since he thought it was hilarious to turn around and go the opposite direction before I could reach him, the little squirt!!

Everyone needs a picture on the Kimono Dragon!!

Mia of course didn't want anybody else to get on!

Trying to pet the animals through the glass

Nana pushing FAST...I believe Hunter had poop in his pants so we needed a bathroom STAT!

This is as close as we could get to the giraffes although Mia certainly tried to coax them over. The zookeeper told us to see the goats, they're a sure thing...you won't see a picture of goats from this visit since they were all in the barn!! So much for a sure thing!