For Ellen's birthday, Tim and I decided it would be fun to take her to the zoo. We are fortunate enough to have a small one here in Springfield. So, last Friday we packed a lunch and headed to the zoo to see the animals. Ellen is totally into animals right now, so we knew she would have a blast.
Tim and Ellen standing outside the zoo entrance.
Ellen wore her zoo outfit!
First stop...the elephants! We made it just in time to watch the elephants get a bath. It was kind of hard getting Ellen to leave and go see the other animals.
Of course there were monkeys and Ellen wanted to "talk" to each one. She has really gotten the monkey sound down pat.
The giraffe was probably Ellen's other most favorite animal to visit. The zoo has a sky deck that puts you at eye level with the giraffes. They had a place for you to buy crackers and you could feed them right there. Ellen loved it!
Turtles with unique shells and Cranes.
An alligator, huge tortoises and kangaroos!
The Hippopotamus was probably one of my favorites. I was just astonished at how big it actually was.
Ellen also enjoyed feeding the goats. She wasn't scared at all!
Well, that was our trip to the zoo in a nutshell. Ellen loved the animals and was talking about it for days after we got home.
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