Zooalicious

When Casey and I were trying to decide what to get Orin 

for his birthday, we agreed that we wanted it to be something

he could enjoy for the whole year.

So last weekend, when we went to the zoo, instead of buying 

day passes, we got a membership.

"Now we can go to the zoo all the time" we told Orin.

He could hardly believe the good news.

He wanted to run through the gates.

This time at the zoo there were lots 

of new and interesting things to see.

The baby elephant had grown up quite a bit since our last visit.

And Orin thought the giraffe had grown a little too.

The antique tractor was out, so Orin and I took it 

for a quick spin before

heading to the jungle to do sign language

with an orangutan.

Next we set off for Orin's favorite part of the zoo:

The polar bear caves.

Orin was almost brave enough to high-five the polar bear,

but not quite yet.

It was a good day at the zoo

and we didn't even have to worry about not seeing the cougar

or the gray wolves because we will surely be back soon.

Until next time, I leave you with hippo butts.