Trip to the Zoo

On November 7th, Eric, Bella and I headed off for our first trip to the Zoo as a family. We decided to got the KC Zoo to see the new baby Orangutan and enjoy pumpkin smashing day (that's when they give all the animals pumpkins and see how they react.) Bella and I went to the zoo this summer with some girlfriends and their kids but this was the first time Daddy got to see her react to the animals, and since she is quite a bit older, there was more of a reaction. We took the road less traveled and went straight away to see the new zoo baby Kali, We were pleasantly surprised to see several other baby animals throughout the day as well. We then headed to Australia(For those of you who don't know the KC Zoo, it's split up into continents with Africa being the largest and REALLY huge. You get a lot of good walking when you go to the zoo.)
Here Bella and I are heading down the shady path to see the Kangaroo's!

Bottle in Australia, I just love B in these overalls but the day was actually hot so she ended up having to change clothes.

Bella and Daddy! Here is a hungry Camel, this one was close enough that B really enjoyed watching it eat. Meerkats are my favorite animal so I enjoyed watching them play in their pumpkin.
Daddy and Bella watching animals then at the elephants exhibit. We sadly missed the elephants painting AGAIN, one of these days I'll catch those crazy elephants with a paint brush in their trunk. "Silly Daddy, that's MY sippy cup!" Several years ago Eric and I went to the Zoo and he took a picture of me coming out of the grass like a lioness. We decided to relive this pic with our little cub. I thought this was a funny picture, look at that tongue! Bella kept turning her hat to the side, I decided she was trying to make a fashion statement so I joined in. However, like many a mother before me I made it decidedly uncool and she took her hat off.
We had such a great and even exhausting time at the Zoo, I can't wait to watch her get more and more excited everytime we go.

Happy holidays everyone, I'll try to get up a great post about our Thanksgiving adventures as soon as we get a chance!

~Trish