The first Saturday of every month is "member Saturday" at the Houston Zoo. This allows early entry (and thus excellent parking) and discounts on almost everything you do. So the first weekend of July we decided to break in our new membership and go see some "graffs" and "yions (rawr)." A mommy who has been before cautioned me not to overdo it, after all you have free entry anytime, so we planned to arrive around 8:30 and only stay a few hours.
Nathan was, of course clueless about what was happening, and seemed more ready for a nap than a zoo adventure.
Luckily he livened up once we got inside and saw some critters. We decided we were only going to see the birds (at the entrance), cats (for mommy) and giraffes (Nathan's current favorite from his Noah's ark toy). I think we also saw the primates since they were on the way to the cats. We got to see a bunch of up close animals and Nathan was very entertained.
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| Nathan said, "Cat....meow." If he saw it now he'd say "Yion....rawr." |
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| There's a tiger way back there somewhere. |
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| Stopped for a snack and some shade. Even though it was early it was HOT. |
The giraffes also happened to be by the carousel so of course we had to take a ride! We picked a stationary animal because Nathan wasn't too excited about this big loud moving contraption. Maybe next visit we'll try a zebra.
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| Wave bye-bye to the giraffe! |
We passed through the gift shop on the way out, which was air conditioned, hallelujah, and Nathan (who was asleep in the stroller) got a hat from Lolo and a shirt from Momo and Popo. So we will be decked out and ready for our next zoo adventure!! It was a fun day although Nathan ended it with a little tummy bug. I think our next trip will include the zebras, elephants and "sish" (aquarium)...or maybe just the children's petting zoo...
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