Our Third Zoo in Two Weeks

And we all really liked this one. We got in for half-price. We only spent two hours here but we were able to rush through and see almost everything. (I will do another post about where we spent most of the day.)

Lydia wanted to see Cheetahs. Yes, they are still animals locked in zoos but the habitats here looked a lot nicer. We saw three giraffes. Here is a mom and baby. The Philadelphia Zoo has a lot of peacocks. The zebras and rhino were separated by "removable posts...so they can safely get know one another" . The zookeepers hope to one day be able to remove the posts so the zebras and rhino can live together. I am sure the zebras are just fine with those posts not being removed. The zoo has two polar bears. This one was having a snack. Josiah loved looking at the animals. He needs a hair cut but I just don't want to get it cut yet. The Avian Center had a lot of pretty birds like this one. This bird had gotten outside of his exhibit but a zookeeper was able to easily get him back where he belonged. Happy Father's Day to a wonderful dad and husband. As we were walking out of the zoo, Wesley suddenly said, "I have to sit down for a minute." I asked him, "Do you have something in your shoe?" He said, "No, my legs are just really tired." The zoo was our second big event of the day. As we walked back to the car, both kids were complaining about how tired they were. Chris carried both of them briefly. At first I was thinking that it was a lot less walking than Disney World and that they shouldn't be so tired. But they had played all day and only sat down a couple of times. You can tell this photo was taken with my phone.
The kids all fell asleep on the ride home. Lydia woke up long enough to go potty but then crawled in bed in her clothes minus her skirt which she took off to go potty. She came in our room about 5 AM this morning and said, "My bottoms fell off." (Just typing that makes me laugh all over again.) Chris told her that she just went to sleep without her pajamas on and that she should go back to bed. Amazingly, she just went back to bed for another few hours.