Today, Wesley and I took Mia to the Dallas Zoo. We had free tickets through Mia's daycare, so we thought we'd take advantage of the pretty day. After Mia's nap, we loaded up and made the less than ten minute drive from our house to the zoo. It was a little chilly, but the sun was out. The first thing we did was take Mia to the carousel. She'd never been on one, and I thought she would like it. She had fun on it, but I think it made her a little dizzy. The zoo just opened a new Giants of the Savannah exhibit this summer, so we went straight there next. It's really amazing. We saw elephants, cheetahs, and impalas. The best part of it was a huge open area where zebras, giraffes, and ostriches mingled together. Mia enjoyed seeing the zebras and giraffes, but her favorite Savannah animal was the lion, I think. When she saw one, her face lit up. She said, "Lion! Roarrrr!" We tried to take her around to the animals she would recognize like the tiger, monkeys, and gorillas. She was looking at the gorilla with a quizzical look on her face. He was lying down on the ground with his chin resting on his fist. I said, "Look Mia, the gorilla is taking his senior photo." She immediately did the "senior photo" pose that she is famous for at daycare. (Everyone thinks it's hilarious). Mia had to make gorilla noises at him, too. She had to make the corresponding noises to every animal that she knew. It was cute. She liked watching the meerkats, as always. I'm not sure why she is fascinated by them. There are statues all over the zoo for photo ops. We sat Mia on a few of them. She made other people walking by laugh because she kept yelling, "CHEESE! CHEESE!" I love that she is old enough to really start enjoying our family outings.
Riding on the carousel
Checking out the giraffes. There were at least eight of them.
Looking for the cheetah.
Giraffes, ostriches, and zebras
Pointing out the meerkats to Mommy and Daddy
Remember this picture from Mia's first trip to the zoo last November?
Here she is one year later on the same rock watching the meerkats.
I couldn't believe that she could balance well enough to sit on this elephant's head.
This was one weird-looking bird. It was called a horned eagle. It looked like it had the head of an owl and the body of an eagle. Those feather "horns" on its head were just odd.
Heading to the cougar cage with Daddy.
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