We Went to the Zoo, Zoo, Zoo...

How about you, you, you??? And I bet you didn't believe me when I said we did a lot on our trip home! Another trip included us going up to the Utica Zoo. It took two cars loaded up, and a long-dead-stop-wait in traffic on the highway, for no apparent reason, but we finally made it to the zoo. We didn't see any elephants- "with their long trunks swaying"- but we did see a bunch of other cool animals- enough to satisfy Olivia and Izzie anyway. And I really hope you've heard the annoyingly catchy song that this post is playing on, otherwise you probably have no idea what I'm talking about. Lets just say Izzie has a CD with a zoo song on it, and we sang it the whole time we were home...and daddy got sick of it- quickly. So once we went to the zoo, we were not allowed to sing it anymore. But would you guess what?! We came back to Okinawa and now they play that song at Alligator Steps! Haha!
First stop - The monkeys!

I forget what this guy was, but I do remember that his name did not match how he looked. Olivia was just so excited to check out all these animals!

Izzie Growled like the tiger:

And Olivia pretended to be a tiger too:

Daddy, Grandma, and Uncle Jeremy (w/ the bald eagle behind them):

Olivia & Daddy and the eagle:

He was just walking around, hanging out...

Daddy shared some of his Icee with Olivia!

Getting a kick out of the animals:

In awe over the sea lions, there was a baby one:

Feeding Goats!

Baby goats, that is. Check this guy out! He is cheesing for some food:

She didn't really want to stick her hands through the fence, just wanted them to come out and take it from her hands. Who can blame her?

She got all excited when they all came around us (which was whenever anyone had food):

This little guy does tricks!

Nope...not going to touch him dad:

This bird really wanted to attack Betsy, actually, he is dive bombing towards her right here:

Checking the emu out. She wouldn't take her eyes off of them:

So they had a stare-down:

Family shot!

We closed the place down, and they we waiting for us to finish walking the woods trails...

I love how this one turned out! How cool is that? They are looking at these really cute monkey things...

See? Doesn't he look like an old man? Cute!

Ok, this guy was just walking around as we were leaving the zoo...and right after I took this...

Olivia chased him away!

Big family shot!

Mommy and Olivia...what a fun day!!

P.S. - I have no idea why I think all the animals were male...