Monday, March 16, 2009

Zoo Trip!

I can't believe it took me 3 years to get Jacob to the "World Famous" San Diego Zoo. Pretty sad. One Saturday in March Jason was out of town, Jacob & I needed something to do. So we headed south and went to the zoo with Papa & Emilie. After spending an eternity looking for a place to park (UGH!) we headed inside ...

He's totally into animals, but for some weird reason, he's usually overwhelmed when we go new places. Even Disneyland. He doesn't act excited. He's just quiet. So can I say he really liked it? I don't know! Anyway, he did like recognizing the animals.

We saw the giraffes first.



He liked being on Papa's shoulder so he could see better.


This was in the Children's Petting Zoo. There were only a few animals out available to pet. Over half of them were in their "safe" place behind the ropes. I guess they can only take so much petting!


He wasn't so sure ...



But eventually thought it was okay ...


But kept petting the butt area?



Since we adults weren't being wheeled around in a stroller, we started to get tired. It only made sense to hop on a bus for a tour. Jacob thought riding on the top of a double-decker bus was fun. Too bad it circled us around the same area we had just walked!


Overall I deem our zoo visit - average. I feel badly saying this, but I don't like the zoo that much. (shhh! I know - it's awful.) It's kind of boring and the SD Zoo, as fabulous as it is, is SO huge that it's just exhausting. Walk, walk, walk - "Ooh, a hippo. Wow. Okay." Walk, walk, walk. "What is that thing? Huh. Okay." Walk, walk, walk. hehehe.

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