The Zoo

Today is Monday so what better to do then go to the Blank Park Zoo. My best friend IN THE WHOLE WORLD, miss Chelsea, is in town from New York City. I had a continuing education class at La James this morning so she came over to watch my main man Brixton. Incredibly, he didn't wake up until 9am! This is quite a feat because he is normally up by 7 every day. (why he decides to sleep in on a day I cannot is beyond me.) They had breakfast of pop tarts and then played outside in the sand box and with sidewalk chalk. I came back home around 1230 and off we went to lunch and then the zoo. Brixton was sooooooo excited to see all the animals. I have always wondered about the perspective of life through the eyes of a child. Because of this, Chelsea and I had the bright idea of getting Brixton he very own disposable camera for his perspective pictures. I still have to get them developed so they will be posted at a later time, but here are some photos from my camera of our zoo adventure.

The otters. I think Brix could stare at them for hours.

Feeding the fish.

Shocked... Luckily her hand is still attached.

Chelsea and my favorites are becoming Brixton's favorites as well.

These big fish were right at his level.

Not quite sure what these are but he loves looking at animals.

Showing Brixton some turtles in a pool of water.

Trying out the swinging draw bridge.

Me and Brixton on the bridge. (he hardly ever looks at the camera for me.)

Chelsea scoped out the bridge for us first.

The zoo was a hit. We were there for a couple hours and Brixton just kept going and going. I'm pretty sure he is like the energizer bunny. He wasn't really into feeding the animals in the sort of hands on area, but he sure watched Chelsea. She feed that huge bull in the picture above as well as the fish and some goats. It's crazy to see all the animals just magnatize towards the people with food. It's as though they are starving, but I'm sure it's the complete opposite. We also saw the giraffe and zebras. And of course we watched the sea lion show for a little bit. On the way out we picked up a post card for my sister to send her a little note about our Monday trip. Maybe next time we'll head to the Omaha Zoo for even more animals!!

Ps: stay tuned for Brixton's perspective photos in a future blog!