Monday, February 1, 2010

Elephants, Tigers and kids, oh my!

On Friday Tatum, Ty and I met some friends (Ellie and Ramey in the picture) at the SD Zoo. We love the zoo and they have a new Elephant exhibit with large animals to play on. Here's the elephant...

and the saber tooth tiger...

and the baby elephant which all the girls loved...

and the real elephants of course...

and the cheetah. The best part about the exhibit is you get to ride the sky buckets over to see it. Not my favorite thing to do since I hate heights but Tatum loves it! She looks over the side (which gives me a heart attach since I'm gripping the railings tightly and not moving the entire ride) and the views of the zoo and Balboa park are amazing.

Then on Saturday, Garrett and I took the kids to the Wild Animal Park. I bought a new pass which allows me to bring a guest, any guest. So Garrett was my guest and we also get free parking at WAP which is awesome. The other thing is we've taught Tatum that if they ask her how old she is at the zoo or the WAP, she is to respond, "Two!". But in case that doesn't work out, she can always be my guest. :) While we were there, we took a new trail and saw the bald eagle, mountain sheep, elephants and the tigers. The tigers got frisky and had a little cat fight for us. It looked like two little kittens rolling around, batting at each other. Of course, they're actually huge tigers with large teeth and claws, but still cute! :)

After lunch we stopped at the play area and had to take a picture with the lion.

Since Ty is a Leo, he requested this shot. (just to let you know, I didn't leave my unstable kid perched on the top of a lion head, Garret's behind him holding him up) :)

And then Sunday morning, while Daddy went golfing, Tatum, Ty and I walked to a park. Tatum is always asking to walk to a park and I always tell her we're not close enough to one to walk to it. But yesterday we found a path, about a 20 minute walk, leading to our favorite park! Look at this little model, posing on the slide. :)

And here's Ty enjoying the swing. When I first put him in and gave him a push, he wasn't sure about it. But as he got his barrings and hung on to the side, he started to smile and enjoy it. Such a sweet little man.

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