Brooke was excited to be there from the beginning, immediately requesting so see the monkeys (by shouting "oohhhh ohhhh oohhhh" from the stroller as we entered the zoo gate). We went right to the monkeys, followed by the gorillas.
After the gorillas, Brooke kept making cow and pig noises. Luckily, the zoo has a farm section too ... so we head off to her next "request". She was a bit challenging the whole trip, insisting on walking (versus riding in the stroller). If I put her into the stroller she would have a fit, but when I let her walk she was all over the place ... often playing keep-away-from-mommy. The farm was a pretty good place to be because it wasnt crowded and it was separate from the rest of the zoo. I let her roam on her own with only a couple of incidents (both involving that wonderful keep-away game).
Here she is, cruising along, trying to pretend like she doesnt know who I am. I thought they didnt start doing this until they were teenagers ... but I guess I was wrong ;)
We ended our day looking at some fish and statues of hippos (which Brooke assumed were alligators for some reason).In the picture on the right she isnt clapping ... she is "chomping" like an alligator. She was quite smitten with the "alligators" and gave the Momma one a kiss, but I didnt capture that action shot!
