By sharing just a portion of our weekend with you each day, I've effectively been able to stretch our fun weekend for an entire week. Yay for me!

I took a bunch of photos -- far too many to share on here. But I've saved them to a slide show that you're welcome to watch at the end of this post. Instead, I'll just share with you my favorites.

We were spoiled when we lived in Cincinnati, because we were able to go to an amazing zoo pretty much whenever we wanted. However, the kids were too young to remember ever having gone. We were excited to share with them the zoo again and see the animals through their eyes. The kids were excited because... well... they love animals!

The kids loved the bronze animals as much as the real ones. They bee-lined for the elephants, which are both of their favorites. They walked on the foot prints of several animals whose pawprints were in the once-wet cement. They penguined walked to the emporer penguins and were able to see just how they compared in size to various penguin species (which are surprisingly small). They asked the tortoise keepers what kind of sounds tortoises make. They touched the pelts of three-toed sloth, tiger, bobcat. They taunted the cheetah, who was racing a zoo keeper.

Add to it that it was 70+ degrees, and we couldn't have asked for a more perfect day. A good time was had by all!


By the time we rounded the last corner, Dominic finally complaied that he was tired and hunger. He was given the best seat in the house as we headed to the car. Good bye, Tulsa, thanks for a wonderful weekend!



Below are the rest of the photos from the zoo. Enjoy!