I Want An Elephant...Or...A Rino-Nose

On Monday we had to go down to the valley for a doctor appointment. Normally, we just drive down, and then turn around and go back up just in time for work. Heidi Anne's Nana has been wanting to take her to the Zoo for a long time, and we haven't been in forever (maybe in well over 15 years) so it seemed like a good time to go.

Baby Elephant

After our doctor appointment, we grabbed some breakfast, then we went to the Zoo right when it opened
(9:00 am sharp). I think we were the very first ones in there that day! Sure it was a little rainy, and snowy, but we were packed for it, gloves, scarves, hats, umbrella-we were going to enjoy it one way or another. (Yeah, we weren't excited one bit).

It was totally awesome to go to the Zoo so early!! It was like we owned the zoo! No lines, or crowds, the animals were all super active, most of them were getting their breakfast or brunch-and just being so cute and interactive.

Momma Elephant

Heidi Anne's favorite animal was the Elephant. We just sat there for a good 10 minutes as she watched the elephants play with sticks. The baby elephant is super cute! Her other favorite were the Rino-Nose. She now wants an Elephant for her birthday...OR...a Rino-Nose. (Glad she's giving us options.)

 

We saw so many monkeys, which she just adored! She kept asking if her Aunt Sarah was coming, (last time Sarah visited her they played a game where there were monkeys after them)-so every time she saw a monkey she would ask, "Nana, Sarah coming?"

She loved the tigers and the other big cats. One tiger just growled, another came right up to the glass by Heidi Anne, and looked like she was petting him. She loved her tigers and the other Big kitties. We also saw the wolves play tag, which she got a good laugh at.

It's Dead

ROUS

One of her last favorite spots of the trip was the small animal exhibit. Here we saw the Crocodiles, they were sleeping, but Heidi Anne firmly announced-"He's Dead"-and just moved on. We saw several R.O.U.S's (Rodents of Unusual Size), snakes, and beautiful birds. Which Heidi Anne just loved.

Heidi Being a Funny Bunny

All in All it was a really fun trip to the Zoo-and we saw it all in less then 2 hours. SO going first thing in the morning is the way to go. I do wish the weather was slightly better, because there are soo many fun little parks there too Heidi Anne would have loved to play on. However, we were prepared for it, and it made it so we had to zoo pretty much all to ourselves-which was soo awesome!