Wild Animals: Zoo Day | Friend Day

When your kids wake up on a beautiful holiday Monday morning and say "Let's go to the Zoo"...

...you go to the zoo!

So we packed up some lunches and drove to the Dallas Zoo to see our old friends, the Mandrill Baboons...

...eat some fave foods (Cotton Candy and Dippin Dots!)

And meet some new animals: Hippos (not pictured, because they were sleeping and not being photogenic)

We had a wonderful family morning and afternoon exploring the zoo, and watching some other families at work (namely a chimpanzee family; i was impressed how the mom carried the big kid on her back all day <sound familiar?>; you guys (and I ) were impressed when the baby climbed up to the tree house to stand on the edge and pee off the side!)

...and we closed up the Zoo Day with your favorite part of all: The Carousel.

Then, to top off an out-door, awesome sauce day, we met up with the Shields and Nodelands and played, ate, and splashed!