Short But Sweet

Saturday morning we stopped at the zoo before heading to a birthday party in Peoria. It was the last day my membership was valid and we just had to take full advantage. The parking lot was full, we had to park up the hill in the overflow parking! With the high that day in the upper 80's, I was totally thrown. Why would so many people be at the zoo when it was so warm? I finally realized that spring training was happening around the corner and maybe families were checking out the zoo before the game. I don't blame them, the zoo is pretty great.
Anyway, we had fun even though we had to basically rush through every animal. Kimble enjoyed looking at nothing through the telescope at the giraffes (we didn't actually put money in it) and we always stop to see the flamingos. We even found the elephants up close to the fence for once.




Of course we had to stop at the farm to see the horses. Although, I am pretty sure that the kids enjoyed playing on the tractor more.


Finally, we had stayed longer than we should have and it was really time to go. After pushing the stroller, with Karter in it, up a dirt hill, I was moving a little slow. So Kevin ran to get the car for us and the kids enjoyed some apple slices while we waited. It was a short trip to the zoo, but we were so happy that we had one last chance to enjoy it.