Our Trip to the Zoo

We met Grandma Earlene at the North Carolina Zoo in Asheboro today. We had a great time. We are all a little sunburned and definitely tired from such a long walk across and then back across the zoo.

Yay Grandma is here!

Most of the animals weren't moving around a lot. Evan didn't really pay much attention to them unless they were in action. The giraffes were just standing around...

The lion and his cubs were just lazing in the shade. The cubs were cute.

We brought our own lunch. PB&J! The perfect traveling food.

Drew sat in the stroller an enjoyed the ride and also took a short nap.

Bison just stood around and ate grass.

Owl slept.

Polar Bear slept.

This is Evan checking out the playground at the zoo. I don't have a picture but all the equipment looks like giant plants and flowers.

Now here is where we finally had some action. This tortoise walked 5 feet for us.

It blew Evan away.

Really though, Evan was most impressed by the sea lions. They were swimming laps with their eyes closed, enjoying the moment I suppose. They are very graceful streaming through the water.

Evan never used to wear hats. He disliked them. One day though, he saw me putting Drew's hat on and started saying "hat!" So I brought out another winter cap he would never wear and made a big deal about "Evan's hat!" So now Evan will wear hats. He loves looking at himself in the mirror with a hat on. When he is wearing a hat, occasionally he will reach up just to confirm it is still on his head. Grandma bought him this cap and he wore it all day and didn't take it off until we told him it was bath time.

Me pretty hot and sweaty, taking a break. Drew is also hot and very tired and hungry. So he just decided to get away from it all and sleep all the way back to the car.