Wednesday, April 6, 2011

San Francisco Zoo

Yesterday Kate and I had the pleasure of going to the San Francisco Zoo with my mom and my sister's family. We had a wonderful time at this beautiful zoo. The weather was perfect, the crowds were light and Kate was very well behaved. I wish I could say that Kate was amazed by all the animals but she didn't seem to care too much about them unless there were baby animals. She just loved spending the day keeping up with her big cousins.
Even though I brought the stroller, Kate walked the entire day since she wanted to be just like her cousins. In this picture, Kate is chasing after Josh and James as we head to the giraffes.

We had so many great views of all the animals. My favorite were the giraffes and zebras.
My sister, Sarah, and 2 of her kids, Chloe and Josh.
Kate liked looking at the gorillas since there was a little baby that was climbing up the tree.
Kate and Gramma
Probably one of Kate's favorite things at the zoo was this elephant. She played on it for quite awhile and was sad when we had to leave. She would tug on his trunk and say "honk." She would point out it's eyes and ears and give it big hugs.

Kate also enjoyed watching the penguins swim in the water. The fence was the perfect height for her to look over and see what was happening.
The tiger didn't come out and play for long. I barely got a picture before it disappeared from view.
Kate with her 4 cousins...Chloe, Andrew, James and Josh.
Kate loves her cousin Chloe!

For some reason this polar bear had his head stuck in this trash can. We watched it for a while and the bear never moved...it almost seemed like it had fallen asleep like this.


Beautiful Macaw
At the very end of the trip we stopped in at the petting zoo. Kate was a little interested in the goats and gave this one a little pat but soon her attention was drawn elsewhere (see below).
Once Kate found this tractor she didn't want to get off. She sat on this tractor and pushed it around until it was time to leave.
We also enjoyed a fun train ride around the zoo. Kate loved going on the train but all of my pictures were washed out. She was so sad to get off the train and say goodbye. All in all, we had a fantastic time! We will certainly have to go back when the baby is old enough to enjoy a zoo.



1 comment:

Unknown said...

Hmmmm. . . prefers mechanized machinery to animals . . . likes bicycles and tractors . . no wonder she likes her Papa!