#86 - Owen's First Trip to the Zoo

A few days ago, Lou casually mentioned that we should go to the zoo with Owen. What a great idea, I thought. And turns out, it really was! I was a little skeptical about taking a 14-month old to the zoo, but, Owen loved, loved, LOVED it. He was so captivated by all the new things - the animals, the people, the flowers. He sat wide-eyed in the stroller the entire morning, and every few minutes he'd lean forward, point his finger, and say "that!" while pointing out something new.

We started by checking out the elephants, which were impressively big and close.

But, no where near as close as the giraffes! For a mere $2, Owen had the first-hand experience of feeding the giraffe his breakfast of romaine lettuce. Check out the tongue on that giraffe!

See how close the elephants were.....just kidding.

Here's Owen checking out a bird in the bird santuary. We were given some nectar, and the birds would fly up to us and drink the nectar from our cup.

One of the highlights of the day was riding on the carousel with all the lights, music and animals. You can't see it from this picture, but Owen was bouncing up and down on the tiger "dancing" to the music.

Petting the goats. He wasn't scared at all of the animals.

We went inside the Discovery Building, and Owen got to dress up like a leopard. He was, by far, the cutest animal in the entire zoo!

On Saturday, we went to the Fall Fun Festival at the local Farmer's Market where Owen got to pick out his very own pumpkin.

Our pumpkin with his pumpkin....