Zoo People

Two weeks ago, on an abnormally warm day, we ventured down to Washington D.C. to explore the National Zoo. We were able to find some free parking, of course the zoo was free (I LOVE this about D.C.!) and we packed our own lunches so it was a pretty inexpensive and fun way to spend the day.

Despite the incredibly nice weather, the zoo wasn't very crowded either, which made it even better for all of us. Abby chose to ride in the stroller most of the time but Landon was very happy to wander the zoo on foot for the majority of the time that we were there. We realized we need to get Abby's "walking legs" back up to par after their long winter's nap!

Landon's favorite part was this tiger. There was obviously something smelling really good inside that door so the tiger would wander down there and then jump up on his hind legs and try to scratch his way through those little windows. Landon thought this was hilarious and kept saying the tiger was playing "hide and go seek" with us!

We also saw the new lion cubs that were born this year. They were all huddled around their mommy while daddy kept a protective watch out in front (or just took a nap as the case was that day!)

The elephants are always a favorite...

But we found these little animals to be quite cute and entertaining!

My favorite is always the panda bear and today we got to see him playing with this green crate. I'm guessing it probably had food in it at one time because he sure was fascinated by it!!

The cutest caged animal had to be this one though...

(There are definitely days when I wish we had a contraption like this one in order to contain this little boy's energy!)