Did they go to the zoo?...Suposably

On Thursday Nate was nice enough to take the day off to go with us to the zoo. The weather was also comparatively nice, as the temperature was below 100 and it wasn’t stiflingly humid. That being said it was still hot but the trip was defiantly worth it. Kenna loves every minute of it and was so excited to see real monkeys for the first time in her life. She spent an hour at the zoo with her mouth wide open and pointing to everything going, “Oooh! Ooooh!” After that she got a little tired and wanted to sit in the stroller.

Her favorite thing there was definitely the monkeys. There were on these little islands surrounded by water so we couldn’t get too close, but she spent a long time staring and pointing and yelling. The monkeys would get excited and go “ah ah ah ah” and Kenna would get excited and go “ah ah ah ah.” It was pretty cute.

This picture I happened to snap the first time the monkeys talked back to her. She thought it was awesome!

The zoo also had a myriad of giraffes and a bridge you could walk over to feed them. We had a cup of giraffe food and they weren’t shy at all about being fed. Kenna was a little freaked out by them. We were holding her and feeding them, trying to get her to touch them. She kept getting close with her finger, but then would turn her head and burry it in one of our shoulders. She couldn’t decide whether she liked them or not. Eventually she started telling us, “All done! All done!” Also, in case anyone was wonder, giraffes smell like cows.

This guy was not shy at all. He kept putting his tongue (which was like a foot long) right into the cup and he wouldn't go away. Half a bottle of hand sanitizer later and my hand still stunk.

There were other barnyard-type animals to feed and they were smaller and much less scary, so she liked them better, although she still didn't want to touch them. We even taught her what a donkey says, “ee ah.” She still didn’t want to get too close, but she thought they were cool.

There was also this caged in parakeet exhibit which gave me flash backs to when we first got married. She really liked the birds, but freaked out when they flew too close to her. She would close her eyes and flap her arms. It was really funny.

We were all exhausted by the time we left, but it was so much fun. I love taking Kenna to see things for the first time. It makes me happy to see how excited she gets when she tries something new.