Friday Zoo Day

We decided to take another trip to the Toledo Zoo today. Noelle has been referring to her last trip throughout her daily play and Tom really wanted to experience the fun with her. Because an all day trip with my two munchkins is not probable, Tom took only a half day off of work.
The weather was cool and partly cloudy, great for an afternoon of walking around the zoo. We had to hit the carousel again, that was a Top Noelle Priority. After that we went on to things we missed last time and skipped over most of the exhibits previously seen.

The giraffes were a big hit as well as the the polar bears and seals in the Africa and Artic exhibits. We then traveled onto the Aquarium. Noelle ran from fish tank to fish tank in complete awe, shouting "Yook Mommy, yook Daddy!" over and over. Tom and I tried out best to keep up with her fast little legs.

After a quick stop in the Primate Forest we went onto see The Apes. Hoping to catch a glimpse of some gorillas, we were pleasantly surprised to see one up against the glass. Noelle was overly exuberant and ran up to him. The gorilla looked right at her and she gave out a deep throaty laugh, while squealing with delight, "He's yookin at me!". Everyone around couldn't help but smile at her joy. They were her favorite without a doubt!

We skipped her nap and she still was sweet as pie throughout the visit. We had to acquire another stuffed animal (as if she doesn't sleep with 40 of them already!) and after looking at the multitudes of them in the gift shop she settled on a gorilla. He was held close to her and joined in everyone of her activities for the rest of the evening. All in all, an another completely successful Toledo Zoo trip.

The rest of the weekend consists of spending a lot of family time together! I hope everyone has a wonderful Holiday Weekend!

P.S. The Zoo has a summer concert series and one of the performers tonight was the band Finger Eleven. While we were walking toward the chimp exhibit so was the band. Two members kindly held open the doors while I pushed the big double stroller through. Noelle was standing with them watching the little chimps. Kind of cool! I wasn't sure it was them until I got home and looked it up, but I had a feeling!