Playin' hooky!!

It was 68 degrees out today and I decided to play hooky with the kids and go to the zoo!!! The zoo here is in Columbia, SC and about a 75 mile drive. Not close enough to go all the time like Tacoma or San Antonio, but still close enough that it can be done every now and then. Nicholas is out of school for a couple days and Caroline wasn't feeling very well yesterday, so, since the sun was shining, we were gonna go have some fun!! And that we did! Caroline went a little camera happy on our trip and the battery died while she was taking photos, but here are some from the day..

This is Vivian or Lucas. The zoo had two baby giraffes: one born last February, and one born in August. It was fun to see them wander around...


The Gorillas wer out today. There were 3 of them and at one point they were all at the bottom of the hill pulling down some bamboo. It was neat to see them so active. Here's a close up of one of them....


This little flamingo was very friendly and he was not very happy with me reaching over with my camera to get this shot... oh well :)

The three munchkins. This was at the beginning of our day... yes, Caroline has shorts on, and by the time we were done she was in just her t-shirt! It was SO nice to be in the warm sun today!!!

Another one of the animals perfect for a picture.....

I dug this pic out from the archives. It is of Caroline back in October 2005. Caroline wasn't two yet. Same turtle, same zoo :) amazing how much she has grown up!!!!!!