Zoo!

Yesterday was finally warm enough to go to the zoo! I have been waiting and waiting to go...I didn't want to have to get Ellison all bundled up and still be wondering if she was cold while we walked around. It was so nice yesterday, we didn't even need coats, let alone hats and mittens and blankets!

We had a zoo pass last year but Ellison was too little to really notice or care that we were there. We went a lot, but it was more for our own enjoyment and exercise than hers! This year she is much more interested in animals, so I think it will be a lot of fun for her. We live so close that we can decide to go at the last minute, like we did yesterday. So convenient...I will definitely miss that if we move farther away!

E's favorite animals were the elephants and the baby chicks. She stared in the little window by the chicks for a long time, and she did not want to leave the elephants. She was singing her little elephant song to them (there is a Barney episode where they sing about elephants, she has seen it many times!) and pointing to her ears and feet like she does when we read the elephant page in her zoo book. What a cutie!

Showing her big elephant feet!

The best part yesterday was that it was not crowded AT ALL when we went, so I could let Ellison walk around. She would have been in the way if there were a lot of people around, since she is still getting the hang of walking and is so tiny! She walked a lot and took a great nap when we got home.

Teething...wouldn't stop chewing the hand!

Hopefully we won't have to wait too long before it is warm enough to go again...hopefully with Jay too this time! :)