Dallas Zoo

Today we went to the Dallas Zoo (http://www.dallaszoo.com/). We have heard that the Fort Worth Zoo is a lot better than Dallas, but we are used to Hogle, not that there is anything wrong with Hogle, but it's no San Diego. Anyway, we really liked it! It had a really neat Children's Petting Zoo. I think that the kids liked the bird exhibit the best. The birds just would land on them. One parrot landed on Parker's red hat and kept trying to pull off the little round thing on top of it.

I was really proud of Liza, because she held really still and let the birds eat her birdseed and worms. Yeah, worms. Gross.

Parker of course loved it.
There was a really neat exhibit area for the chimps and the gorillas. They have 4 gorillas. Parker wanted to climb into the chimp exhibit because he saw a lizard and wanted to catch it. Yeah, we're lookin' to get on the Today show: kid falls into chimp enclosure. I guess we may get to meet Matt Lauer, maybe next time we'll let him :).

In the Children's area there were a lot of hands on exhibits and Parker found out how he and Tyler could be Jr. Zoo Keepers. We liked the bearded dragon and the girls said they wished their parent's would let them have geckos and tarantulas.

These are Bongos. They are quite cool looking. Yes, Aliza took very good care of her baby through the whole zoo. We were very hot. The humidity is up this weekend.

Is this not THE cutest thing you have ever seen? We also had the opportunity to watch the Python or whatever the big gigantic snake is yawn. It had a huge mouth!!!

Now this was an interesting exhibit. They had Magpies housed with Bald Eagles. Who puts Magpies in a zoo? I hate Magpies. The eagles were just lookin' at them like they couldn't believe they had to live with them either. Apparently though, when you are lucky enough to live in an area without magpies, they are a treat to see. Whatever.

Here's the kids wrestling an alligator. They are very brave!

Finally, here is my latest craft project. I think that it turned out cute. It took no time or skill, and it was cheap. My favorite things!!

And I finally got the decals hung up in Aliza's bathtub...I love them!!