zoo day

The only time Elinor has been to Stone Zoo was for ZooLights in December. Not many animals were out and it was mostly about the lights. Franklin Park is a lot better (I think) but Stone is much closer. Last time we went to Franklin Park was in November. She loved it but this time she knew animals and would make their sounds. She did not like the bird show! This kid is afraid of birds. Anytime one flew by she would jump and grab onto one of us. 

The pig went to the bathroom right before this picture. Elinor pointed said "peepee!" then walked away with her stink eye.

 After this picture, Dave told her to give the goat a kiss goodbye. She did...right on the mouth and the goat licked her back. 

not into it

It was supposed to rain all day and it never did. Perfect and not crowded! I want to make another trip to Franklin Park soon. I need to remember to see if our library has any available free passes soon. I always forget to do that. 

Does your library offer free/discount tickets to museums and zoos?

Japan 3

It was supposed to rain all day again. We headed towards the zoo hoping it wouldn't be too bad. If it got worse we were going to head to a nearby museum. The zoo wasn't far from our hotel and the rain ended up not being so bad. We missed some of it while we were in the reptile house and again when we were eating a snack under a big umbrella. We put the camera away for half of our visit though so it wouldn't get wet.

 When you order soymilk in your drink at starbucks they give you a card that says soy on it. You hand it to them at the end of the line and they give you your drink with a soymilk sticker on it. So many times I've been nervous they didn't hear me when I say soy. I like this system better!

 In the Ueno park

 At the zoo in the reptile house

 passed out baby

 She finally woke up when we went back outside

 This guy on the right we thought was fake. He was huge! He was 4-5 ft and standing so still. We were looking in the cage to see what else was in there and Dave noticed it move and open its mouth. I forget what they were but I've never seen anything like it before. 

 We didn't bring the stroller because of the rain but regretted it quickly. We ended up renting a stroller from the zoo. 

 Sophie!

 Always my favorite the hippos

 kangaroo with her joey

 This family stopped to take pictures with Elinor

 petting zoo

On the walk back it started pouring. We walked to another place Dave found on HappyCow but it wasn't open for another 30min. We had saw a starbucks so went there to get a warm drink and wait. While we were waiting, Elinor was sleeping and we were each posting pictures from the day on instagram. At the same time we realized what day it was and that is was our 5 year anniversary. We laughed a lot, hugged and kissed our baby.