1st Trip to the Zoo

On Saturday morning my parents and I took the boys to the Lincoln Children's Zoo. It was both boys' first time to go! They both enjoyed it I would say and we got a lot of good pictures. Clayton was pretty tired since he hadn't slept well that night and woke up at 6am! (Poor Grandma - she had to deal with him, Mommy and Reese were sleeping downstairs and got to sleep in!)

The first animal we saw were the Reindeer, and Clayton just smiled at them, he thought it was pretty neat. Then we came to the Red Panda, whose cage sort of hung over the walk way. It was really cute and active and Clayton liked that too. Next we went into the building with the reptiles and bats and such.

He was in no mood to sit on a turtle!

Next we walked around to the goats and llamas. You could buy food and feed and pet them. Clayton really loved that! He was a little upset when we left them.

After that was the penguins, and which point Reese decided he needed out of the stroller and to have his diaper changed and be fed. So Clayton and my parents went on and I stopped to sit on a bench and nurse him. In hindsight, I might have picked a more interesting exhibit to sit in front of as the tortoises were rather boring . . . There were a few peacocks around though, and while they are pretty, they also like to scream! Clayton did not like this and it made him cry. He was very happy to see me when they came back after I was done with Reese and ready to move on. By then it was a little after 11 and we could tell Clayton was done and needed to get lunch and head home for a nap. So we made our way out at that point, but did stop for some more photo opportunities!

Clayton Froggy

Reese Froggy

Where's Clayton?

Peek! There he is!

Clayton and Reese tried to watch the turtles, but they swam away! Reese does seem more interested in what his big brother is doing though - oh and this was right before that pacifier landed right in that yucky turtle water!!! Blech! (Luckily Mommy had a spare in the bag!)

Both boys really did enjoy watching the fish in this little pond!

After all of that, we went to Village Inn for Lunch. Clayton almost fell asleep at the table, he had a big morning! Reese was sleeping in his seat, he was tired too!

On the way back I asked Clayton what his favorite animal at the zoo was. He smiled his big ol' goofy Clayton grin and poked me! Awww, I told him he was my favorite zoo animal too!