Philadelphia Zoo

We haven't checked out any new parks recently due to traveling (which I'm so behind in posting about). Elinor and I finally had a free day on Monday so we headed to the Zoo. It was such a nice cool day and not too crowded. We went earlier than we normally do. We tend to stick with the same loop but this time Elinor requested to go backwards. We started at the small mammal house. Everyone was awake and active! It was so exciting to see. She saw other families posing in front of the hippo. She ran to it and turned around posing. I had to hurry and get my phone out to catch it. She did the same things posing as the monkey saying ehehehehe.

some little guys in the mammal house. The striped possum is so cute.

sloths!!! I was so excited. I have never seen them before here. They are usually hiding somewhere snoozing away. 

The armadillos were even awake. 

sitting on a statue of a chameleon. She really likes Pascal from Tangled and was happy to find him.

I was so afraid to walk under this dude. What happens when we has to go to potty???

This lazy polar bear woke up and walked to the edge. Everyone thought he was going to jump in but he laid back down and went to sleep.

Playing with 2 little girls. They were all singing and dancing around the statue. I love how quickly kids make best friends. Also Drumming. Always drumming on everything. She clicks her sticks together and says 1234! and then starts banging.

She saw the friends that she had been playing with earlier. They played in the fountain and got soaked.

 She insists on wearing her "zoo dress" every time we go to the zoo. We missed the flamingos last time. On the way there she told me she really wanted to see them this time.

I guess we really to start going earlier. It was totally worth it and a lot of fun. It has been so nice to have a pass and just go for a few hours. We don't always have to see everything in one day. The best is asking Elinor on the way there what she wants to see. Her interests are growing so much lately, it is amazing to hear her plans on what she wants to see or do.

zoo day

A couple of days ago we went with some friends to the zoo. We hadn't been since Elinor was tiny. Of course she loved it even more. Last time we went, we didn't even bother going into the Children's section. Well, it has been updated since anyway and is amazing. We probably spent most of our time in the petting zoo.

Our friends our members so we were able to play in the indoor playspace. I didn't know that even existed. It started raining right before we went in so it was perfect timing. We may need a membership just for the playspace. Elinor loved it and it was a great place to go and let her run safely.

Philadelphia Zoo

Last weekend while we were in Philly, we went to the zoo with grandma. Usually when we visit we don't have time to do things like that. I hope we make sure to squeeze in at least one fun activity from now on for Elinor. I know she is sill young but she loves being out and looking around at everything.
I have never been to this zoo before and I liked it a lot. I wish we had brought the real camera. (We have been relying too much on our phones for pictures!)