The Zoo in January

Our membership at the zoo has been worth every penny! I love the fact that I can take the kids to the zoo for a couple hours on any random day without having to plan a big all-day adventure. The zoo is different every time you go because the animals are always doing something different. I've never been to the zoo in January before, but we went today and had such a great time! The weather was absolutely beautiful - you can't ask for much nicer than 70 degrees and sunny. This was the first time we saw Toby, the red panda, actually awake and moving around. Usually he's sleeping when we visit. The cheetahs were on the prowl, and the giraffes were being fed. Lily was having a ball, choosing to run through most of the zoo rather than ride in the stroller. We hadn't been through the building next to Toby in awhile (why can't I think of the name of this building right now?), so she also had fun going through the aquarium tunnel. Lily has recently taken a liking to the animal statues at the zoo, and we discovered a new one that was just placed at the zoo in the last couple of weeks - an orangutan! The orangutans are my favorite animals in the zoo, so of course I was excited about the new statue, but Lily was just tickled pink that she could sit on the "orangutan monkey"'s lap. We actually found the new statue on our way toward the exit - what a fun way to end our trip to the zoo.
Dylan slept through the entire zoo trip. Maybe next time he'll get to see an animal or two.