Washington D.C. Zoo

I love animals. We were all excited to make our trip to the D.C. Zoo yesterday. Hayden had off school and Mike only had to take a half day, and the weather was perfect. The only problem was there were hardly any animals! We had a very enjoyable day and had lots of fun watching the boys get so excited. Connor loved watching the meercats. They are pretty cute and funny, and remind me a little of Connor sometimes! Although he doesn't look it in this picture, both Hayden and Connor loved the reptile house. They learned about the reptiles by asking A LOT of questions! Even though the spider exhibit always freaks me out because there is no glass, I thought this was cool. Serena only slept for about a half-hour the whole day, but she was happy just looking around.

Flamingos are very cool birds, and Mike taught me yesterday that they need to eat shrimp in order to maintain their bright color. The other reason they lose their color is when they are feeding their babies, they lose nourishment. I think that happens to us mommies sometimes-we get washed out!

I've always liked seeing the hippos, but they never seem to do anything because they are so fat. Yesterday was the most action I have ever seen from a hippo. He loved this plastic ball and chased it all around his pool. Apparently his brain isn't large enough to realize that he couldn't grab it in his mouth no matter how hard he tried! We stopped on the way home to have a picnic dinner. Serena was the only kid willing to have those helicopter things stuck on her nose!