A Trip to the Zoo

Vince has been out of town for the past 5 days and flew back into Denver today. The boys and I got to head to the airport this morning to pick him up and thought we would take advantage of our Denver Zoo membership and visit the zoo since we were already down that way.

We started out visiting the lions. The zoo has a glass wall where we could see the lions up close and personal. It's a little creepy being nose to nose with a lion - there was this small, nagging thought at the back of my head saying, "what if this glass doesn't hold? What if the lion lunges and comes right through and eats my baby and me?" Sure, this probably wouldn't happen... but wow, those things are HUGE!

The lion thought Obed looked like a tasty snack.
There was also a glass wall to view the hyenas. Did you know a hyena is not a dog or even a member of the canine family? I didn't. It's a member of the mongoose family... there, now you've learned your interesting fact of the day (assuming you didn't know the hyena is not a dog).

We let the boys go for a ride on the carousel today. At first, Asher and Obed were pretty sure it was torture and NO fun at all. Asher warmed up to the ride... Obed? Not so much.

Little legs get tired walking so much. We have the triple stroller, but it won't fit in the back of the van, so we only travel with the double... but it works too.
Solomon snugly peeping out of the Moby.
There were some really talented geese balancing on fence posts on one leg. I couldn't do that... but then again, I'm not a talented goose.
There were literally hundreds of ducks and geese swimming in this tiny little swimming hole. It sounded like a duck chorus as they all quacked at once. Obed loved it.