zoo day

we spent morning at the zoo on wednesday and had such a good time! all the animals were out enjoying the beautiful weather, just like we were! i think they are all excited for spring, they were all pretty spunky!

how cute is this meerkat? he is always sitting in the same place every time we go...enjoying the sunshine! gotta love the eye contact!

how cute are these lion cubs?! i wanted to take them home!

okay, these bears i think had enough of each other! they were playing king of the mountain or something! the one on top would growl every time the one on the bottom would try to climb up. then the one on the bottom would tick off the one on the top so much that it would climb down to get him and the one that had been on the bottom would run to the other side of the wooden thing and climb up. then the one that had been on top would climb up, growl and chase him down...this went on for a while and then the one on top, surprsingly, gave in! it was fun to watch and i was amazed how loud those little bears could growl!

being lazy in the sun!

how cute is mr. hippo? we got there just in time to see him glide into the water for a little swim! for being sooooo big, they sure are graceful...and so cute!

sorry, i loaded the pics backwards...again! here is mr. hippo getting in the water!

okay, this monkey was hilarious! someone had lost a jacket in the monkey area and somehow this guy got ahold of it and was having an absolute blast! he kept putting it over his head and then he would walk around! he was so cute! it kind of reminded me of ava...she does that with a blanket sometimes!

ava with daddy! she is getting so big....that belly hanging out of her shirt is killing me!

she wasn't too sure about the gorillas...

and who doesn't love some pink flamingos? they were all just running around having a good time in the sun!