The Zoo

On Wednesday the 17th we went to the Cincinnati zoo with the mom and me group I'm part of.  Joshua didn't have to work, so he went with us!  This was James' first time going to a zoo, and we had never been to this one.  We really enjoyed it. It's a zoo and botanical gardens in one. So there were beautiful flowers everywhere! The tulips were in full bloom and it was so colorful.

 

 

We got to the gorilla area right as one of the keepers was coming out to talk about them and throw them carrots. It was so neat to see them interact with the keeper. No she wasn't in the area with them, she was outside of it. There was 1 silver back male, and 4 females in the area. One of the females kept clapping trying to get the keeper to throw her carrots. She was a very good catch too. She put on a very good show. One of the other females was over 30 years old and was hiding in a little cave area and only came out to get food. It was funny.

 

I would love to go back again one day. They are building a new addition to the Africa section. I know as James gets older it will be even more fun for him.  He seemed interested in what he was looking at during part of the day. Most of the time though he was just looking the opposite direction of the animal we wanted him to see. We got there at 10am, which is right in the middle of nap time. I figured he would sleep on the way there, but he didn't.  He stayed awake until around 1 and then crashed in his stroller for about 30-45 minutes. Then he fell asleep on the ride home.  He is so used to his schedule, but you would have never known we had thrown it out the window that day. He was in such a good mood all day and was full of smiles!