Family Day Fun

Alina had been wanting to go to the zoo and have a picnic for a quite a while, and this Sunday it worked out for us to do so. It's a pity that we don't go there more often, being that we live 5 minutes away from it.

We took Rodi (Alina's classmate) and Cri (who was taking care of him) along with us. The kids had a great time and we were actually able to see most of the animals, which is quite a feat due to the size of this zoo. Laura was good enough to sleep for most of the time. It's not like she knew what she was missing.

 It was already midday when we left home so almost all of the felines were asleep. Such a pity because the kids really wanted to see the tiger.

As is normal, here are a ton of pics from our fun outing.

The tired fat one:

Rodi and Alina checking out the elands:


Looking at the chimpanzees:

The little chimp:


She loved seeing the giraffes and zebras ...

And greatly disliked this Nile crocodile (so much so that she didn't want to be in the picture, heh):


Having a picnic:

Notice Laura asleep in the stroller ...

All of a sudden we see these two little hands grabbing the side of the stroller, and out pops this little monkey:

Joining in on the fun:


Munching on the straw from Alina's coconut:

With Daddy:

Checking out some other monkeys:

These were the only animals that Laura actually watched (naturally, since they were jumping around non-stop):

There's this lovely mini botanical garden on the way out of the zoo. We quickly went around it for the kids to see all the different types of plants, flowers, etc.

A monkey in a tree:




The macaws were screeching non-stop, hence the plugging-the-ears pose:

Alina's ecstatic comment: "Mommy, this toucan looks like it's made out of plastic! Its beak is so pretty it looks painted!"