Zoo with Zeke

 Claudia has an annual zoo pass and invited us to go to the zoo a couple of weeks ago with her and Zeke.  Hunter and Ave were at school so I loaded up Em and Hudson and off we headed.  We went during the short lived Phoenix cold streak and when we arrived at the zoo at 10 o'clock the car read 33*.  Brrrrr for us, especially with little ones.  It was fun though to bundle up the kids in jackets, mittens, and blankets for an outing since I never really get to do that.  I love this picture of the three of them up top.  Emma loves "baby Zeke" and Zeke in turn loves Emma but is lately very interested in Hudson.  I think his little grin down at Hudson is so cute.

 Found a small beanie hat for little mister the night before at WalMart.  He looked so sweet in it.  He slept the entire time we were there other than a quick snack break :)  I think all bundled up in his carseat with blankets he was just nice and cozy.  Plus I took the wagon and he just enjoyed the ride.

 Zeke all bundled up in his stroller in his own comfy ride.....

 I hadn't been to the zoo in so long that they had some new things including a new kids play area that Emma spent some time investigating.

 Some of the animals were pretty sedentary because of the cold weather but there were still some that were venturing around.  Emma was really excited to see the different animals, this was her first time ever going to the Phoenix zoo.

 At the entrance we had picked up a map for her.  She loved it.  She would open it and look at it while she rode in the wagon.  Then when we got to an animal she would open it up and check the map and want me to point out to her where that specific animal was on the map.

 Side note: Never knew the zoo had a saguaro cactus slide but they do.

 I told her that she could either ride a camel or feed a giraffe this time and she wanted to ride the camel which worked out great because the giraffe feeding were too late in the afternoon.  I thought she might be intimidated by the size of it but I think since I rode with her, she was all in.

 She giggled when we rode "Dale" and kept saying "Him is bumpy" I didn't know that camels can carry about 1000 pounds on their backs. yikes.

 She really liked watching the tiger sit and clean his paws as he sat by his water pool.  However I think her favorite was the prairie dogs towards the end.  They were so cute to watch.  They make the cutest little squeaky noises and were having fun chowing down on some lettuce.  When they would start squeaking she would start belly laughing it was so cute.

 This one was our favorite a true Mr. Personality if you will who really liked to stretch out on his tummy like this.  There was another one that kept trying to get a twig off of a branch that was making us laugh too.  They are so chubby and cute they might have been the most entertaining of the day.

We had so much fun.  Thanks Claudia and Zeke for the fun day:)