The Monkeys Went to the Zoo!

Today we got to take a Field Trip to the Zoo! [It was a good week for Field Trips!]. My sister took the day off from work and she and I took the kids to the zoo. It was awesome! ZooAtlanta is one of the top 3 zoos in the country [maybe top 2 now] and they have all these really neat conservation programs, along with a very successful gorilla breeding program.... AND they are one of only a handful of zoos to get Pandas to reproduce. We have a baby panda!

The kids had an absolute blast! This is them "riding" the statue of a Komodo Dragon. They got to see the real thing today too.

Here are all the kids with me. There is a Rhino behind us but you can't really see him in the picture.

Here are the kids with their Aunt, my "baby" sister. She knows an incredible amount about all kinds of animals and was a GREAT person to go to the Zoo with!


Monkey1 was really looking forward to seeing the tigers, leopard, and lions. None of which were in their habitats today, of course. So, we saw no big cats. When asked what she liked best, she said it was the "Bongo", which I must admit was a pretty cool looking creature!


Here is Monkey2, our TechnoWonderBoy. You may recall that he is the engineering genius and he has a real affinity for all things electronic and technical. We have 2 way radios and he got them all charged up [of his own volition], got them all set, and then brought them today. Just in case we got separated you know. He has an ear piece that goes to the 2 way radio [which he actually saved up his allowance to buy for himself - should I be worried?]. So, he walked around the Zoo all day fully wired and looking totally like the TechnoWonderBoy that he truly is! LOL!

His favorite animals were the gorillas. We got to see a mama and baby gorilla and she came right up to the viewing area to stare at us. The baby was climbing all over her and it was nursing! The kids just loved seeing the gorilla baby nurse - even the 2yo was gleefully screeching "Baby Gorilla get Na-Na!" ;)


Here is Monkey3, who is so much like her Mama that I'm not sure either of us is going to survive it. LOL! She is "Little Miss Independence" and Fearless to boot [Just like her mom always was] and our biggest problem today was keeping her within sight range.

Her favorite animals at the Zoo were the Otters. She liked them because they were really close to us [like 10 feet away from the viewing rail] and they were really active - swimming and fetching rocks and such. They were really cute!

This is, unfortunately, how Monkey4 and Monkey5 spent a good deal of the day. [I wonder why I'm so exhausted tonight?! LOL!]

Monkey4 was thrilled to be at the Zoo. She was absolutely fascinated by the first 4 or 5 animals we saw...and after that they got less exciting. Kinda like "Wow...look....ANOTHER animal..." ROFL!

We really had a neat day. I was so grateful to my sister for coming with us. I just can't manage all 5 kids in a large public place like that [trying to get people to the potty and such] all by myself. Monkey1 is the only child of mine who had ever been to the zoo before, which is really quite shameful! I'm so glad we all got to go this time, and we bought a membership so I hope we get to go many more times now!