Morning at the Zoo

This morning, Collin and I met Kristen, Saige, Lauren and Sydney at the zoo. The girls were more interested in watching the birds that were not even part of the zoo but Collin really liked looking at all of the animals especially the big ones. His finger had to be sore after we left because he was ohhhhing and pointing at all of the animals he saw. Here are a few pictures of him doing this.....

He was pointing one time and not watching were he was going. He fell and scrapped his knee for the first time. Glad I am good at distracting him because he was crying until I pointed out the Lion exhibit he fell near. Poor guy ended up doing this a few times today.

We found the carousel which the girls were not fond of at all. They both wanted off within a minute of the ride starting. Collin had a good time though. While on the ride, he showed his interest in engineering again. He regularly looked up the pole the horse was on to try to figure out how it was going up and down. He even looked at the animals next to him going up and down. I knew he was having fun because he had a smile on his face the entire time.

Saige needed to go home and take a nap after the carousel ride. Sydney and Collin then went to play in the Children's zoo section. We first stopped in the petting zoo. Collin liked looking at each of the animals but he could care less about petting them.

We then went to see the monkeys. You can't go to the zoo without seeing the monkeys!!! We must have been there when it was their nap time because they were really quite. Not until the last exhibit did Collin get interested in the exhibit. There was a baboon sitting right by the glass and Collin checked him out for about 15 minutes. He would not move back so the other kids could see the monkey. I knew he liked monkeys!!!

On our way back to the car, I saw that the mini-train that goes around the zoo and the park was about to leave. They held it for us so we could get on. Collin had fun checking out the sights. He was NOT interested in me holding onto him or keeping my hand around his waist. He wants to do things on his own including holding onto the seat on the train.

Here is Collin on the way home....guess he had a good time. :)