Yesterday we took a little field trip to the Amarillo Zoo. We met several other moms there and had a great time! The Amarillo Zoo is quite small, but it's free! It is located in a large park with lots of big trees and picnic areas, one of the community pools, a small pond, a few playgrounds, etc. It was really nice! (And we are SO enjoying the lower humidity here!)
The kids by the spider monkeys, the first animals you see when you enter the zoo (and Hannah insisted on wearing her "fancy" hat):
We brought our wagon to hold all our "stuff" (and Hayley too) -- McKay of course wanted the job of wagon-puller (most of the time, anyway).
There were a couple of roaming peacocks that the kids loved chasing around:
Between the four moms that were there, we had 15 kids! Our own little summer camp group outing. (All but one in this picture.)
Loved this picture of the girls!
Can't blog about going to the zoo without at least a couple of animal pictures. The most unusual animal we saw were the wallabys:
Here is Courtney by the bears:
They also had lions, a tiger, horses, goats, a longhorn, foxes, bobcats and a coyote. (The kids were a little disappointed there were no elephants or giraffes, but it was a small zoo.)
A little time on the playground before we left:
After the zoo, I took the kids over to the park for a picnic lunch (the other moms went home):
Then we drove around the park a little and stopped by the pond to see all the ducks.
Lots of hunting for feathers!
And I couldn't resist taking the close-ups before we left!
4 comments:
Kudos for not wasting anytime in getting to the know the sites of Amarillo!! So, what's the temp. like there?! Thsoe pictures of the kids are oh so cute!
I'm so glad you are getting out, and especially meeting other moms! Good for you!
That's very fun that you're taking so many outings!! And very cool that the zoo is free!
wow! you guys are really getting around out there in amarillo! the kids look so adorable! i love their individual photos... :)
i'm so glad you left a comment on my blog! can i put a link to your blog from mine? i'm so sad i never got to come by and say goodbye to you! things got so crazy those last few days - which i'm sure you know exactly what i'm talking about. but i'm super excited we can keep up with each other this way! this is awesome!
so what i wanted to say to you before i left was that you are one of the most humble, kind and talented people i know. i strive to be more like you! i'm so grateful for the time we had to get to know each other, you were a great example to me. and now that i've written you a book... i'll be sure to check your blog often!
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