Cati's First Trip to the Zoo

I took Cati to the zoo for the first time last week with Titi Jeselyn. The weather was perfect for our trip: sunny, cool, and with a slight breeze. Maybe the weather was a little too perfect because all the animals were either out of sight or laying down enjoying the beautiful weather. Cati wasn't too interested in the animals and I don't blame her considering the animals weren't doing anything that would grab the short attention span of a 10-month old. The most excitement Cati experienced was when I pulled out Mr. Blue (her blue elephant toy) when we saw the first set of elephants. She didn't care about the real life elephant but she flipped with excitement when she saw her little toy friend. Here are pictures from the rest of our trip:

The zoo was all decked out for the holidays

Cati, me, and the tree

Cati and the koala

The koala

Cati, Sophie the Giraffe, and a real giraffe

The giraffes

Sophie wanted to say hi!

Cati and the zebra

The {in}famous Bird

First The Bird went to Titi Jeselyn and checked her out.

Then The Bird came to me and I must be attractive to the avian species because he started doing his mating dance by my feet. Then, when we tried to walk away, he plumped up and followed. I don't think he's going to be mating with his female counterpart anytime soon.



Pointing birds out to Cati



Call me silly, but I've always wanted to drink a beer at the zoo and places like the zoo. I realized I wasn't the only one and that ALL parents at the zoo had a beer in hand. I guess animals, lots of space, and kids are a recipe for drinking?



Cati and me with the elephant (and beer)


Cati and Titi Jeselyn with the elephant (and beer)



Cati and the elephant

Cati liked the fake elephants more than the real ones

Do you remember these?!

We did and we wanted to introduce Cati to their awesome-ness

Pumba!

Us by the lake

Rhinos

The gorillas. They looked so human.



Cati and the camels



I forgot which animal this is (gazelle family maybe?) but it's a nursing baby



I wonder if animals get mastitis too?



Cati and a flock of flamingo. So a flamingo is that color because of the shrimp it eats, right? Well shrimp are only that color once cooked, so how does that work if flamingo eat raw shrimp?