A Trip to the Zoo!

On Saturday we headed to the Atlanta Zoo with Hannah and our sweet friends, the Daniel family. They have twin girls a few months younger than Hannah. All three girls were SO good! We spent 4 hours outside in the HOT-lanta sun and ended the day with a picnic in the park. It was a great day and I'm so proud of Hannah for welcoming a new experience without hesitation! I thought she might be scared when she realized just how big some of the animals are in real life. She had such a great time that she's been asking to see "more amimals" all day long today!

Does she look like she's five years old or what?!?

Hannah really liked the "pink birds", but boy did they stink!

They had lots of these little cut-outs set up where kids can put their face where the animal face would be...Hannah kept referring to them as "games!"

I was most proud of Hannah for going into the petting zoo area. They had goats and sheep to pet. At first she was extremely hesitant, just as I suspected. But after a minute or two, she finally touched them! That's a big deal for this little girl!

A few more animal pics:

And here is my personal favorite...I've always loved elephants!

It was neat to go back to the zoo as an adult. Neither Mark nor I have been in over 15 years! We'll definitely be taking Hannah back again when she's a little older and maybe during the spring when it isn't quite so hot!