The Minnesota Zoo

On Monday, Henry and I went to the Minnesota Zoo with our friends Michelle, Jaxon, and Landry. It was a hot, humid day but we survived! The highlights for Henry were the sucker he got to eat, the chickens and pigs. My favorite event was watching Jaxon and Landry feeding the giraffes up close! Amazing! Here are some pictures from the day- I'm sure Michelle has better pictures so maybe she'll post some on her blog. Michelle and I agreed that maybe the zoo is a trip that would be easier and less sweaty with the dads along!


Deep in thought...probably thinking about what he could do to make me nervous!


At the turtle pond: Landy, Jaxon, and Henry

Hmm, how could I scale this fence?

Walking with Jaxon (Thank goodness for Jaxon - I don't know what we would have done without him!) This is a little while after Henry's pants fell down while he was running with Jaxon, "Uh-oh." :)

Henry was so excited to see the draft horses in the farm area. He enjoyed petting them until one horse decided to itch her head on the fence which really frightened Henry (In his defense the horse's head was the size of Henry!). After the horse visit, he would make this face and try to climb up my shoulders whenever he thought an animal was getting too close. He couldn't wait to get into the goat pen until we got in the goat pen...then he wanted to get out!

Henry and the Big Mama Pig. He kept walking around making grunting noises.

All the kiddos on the pig. In case you are wondering - we did see real, live animals at the zoo. It just so happens that it is a little easier for me to take pictures of the kids with the fake ones!

Henry with the baby chicks. As excited as Henry was about the baby chicks (he tried to "cheap" to them), he held on tightly to his treat from lunch. This sucker was probably his favorite thing about the zoo...not mine.

Just hanging out with the fake chicken and the sucker.

Zonked. He tried so hard to stay awake on the way to the car. He was sitting up straight swaying back and forth and then...out. He's shirtless because he had sucker pieces and popsicle juice all over his shirt (and his hair I might add) and it was hot!