Lions, Tigers, and Bears...and other various creatures

Kaden and the Hippos
San Diego Zoo explorers  
Even more exciting then the animals is the statue of animals you can climb on!
Not quite as exciting as Kung Fu Panda
Sitten' pretty
Caleb really liked his zoo bucket...and is still running around with it on his head!
The one standing up is the baby giraffe
True to form all the big cats were napping, still a great picture of the lynx.
My favorite giraffe!
Caleb lasted until about 4:30, sweet baby was out for the rest of zoo day.
Matt and his mom and Caleb waiting while Kaden and I were in the spider hut. 
A Kaden spider and a mommy fly
This is our view from the arial tram...if you look really closely there's a black and white spot...that's a panda bear
Another highlight for Kaden was the sky box, he loved being up high and flying over the zoo.
Caleb still sacked out at the end of the day. And a peacock who came to say hello
So yesterday was our trip to the San Diego Zoo! Such a fun, amazing day...I always come away from trips to the zoo amazed by God and His creativity. Have you really stopped and looked at animals, they are so weird looking...take an anteater for example. It looks like a vacuum cleaner hose with a feather duster at the end. Weird. God is so awesome. Some of the animals we saw were really active. The elephants and the polar bears were a blast. I've never seen a bear that big, that close, swimming under water like the swan princess...it was fascinating. And of course the baby animals are always a favorite, I can't remember all of them but I know we say a baby gorillas and a baby giraffe.

  However, the best part of the day came close to the end. The one thing Kaden said he wanted to see at the zoo was spiders...and that was the one thing we couldn't find on the map. So imagine our joy when we found the bug building...and then we noticed that there was a rope in front of it and the doors were locked. It had closed 5 min. before we got there. Kaden was devastated.  Huge tears started to roll down his cheeks and our hearts sank for him. Just out of curiosity I climbed over the rope and peered in the door. There was one zoo keeper inside cleaning the exhibits. I waited about 5 min. until she turned around and noticed Kaden and I standing there. One look at Kaden and his big tears and she told us that we could come around the back entrance and stay as long as we liked! We were blown away, and so blessed that God cared for Kaden's heart so much. It was like a special date, just mommy, Kaden and the spiders! Thank you Jesus.

  One of the funniest moments of  the day was when Caleb fascinated watched the elephants picking up sticks with their trunks and  put them in their mouth for a snack. Caleb immediately dropped to all fours and tried "eating" the leaves and sticks on the ground with his nose! To cute. We had such a good time and I can't wait to take the boys back again...if not for them for me! :)