We were holding off on our visit to zoo to hopefully not get drenched! The only day that looked any good at the beginning of the week was Tuesday, but as Tuesday got closer and closer the rain chances increased. Finally it looked like if we could get there early, we might not get rained on. So...off we went! It is really neat to take the girls to a place I loved as a little girl and see them get so excited. 
One of the first places we visited was the Children's Farms. This has a lot of different animals that you can interact with. Some of the animals are a little too enthusiastic. Emily and Sarah (even mommy) were not going to feed those goats. We finally found some that we couild feed that were behind a fence. I know...but we are all city girls :) 
Emily finally decieded that maybe they were not too bad first. In fact she named this one, "Hairy." He ended up being favorite of both of the girls. Sarah, with a little help from Daddy, was able to feed the goats. 
Next on our list was the penguins. One of the perks of going to the zoo when it is supposed to rain is you pretty much have the park to yourself. So when we were visiting the penguins we got to spend a lot of time "chasing" the penguin from one end of the tank to the next! 
Sarah and Emily were following this penguin. I don't believe that this one had a name, though ;)
We were on a race against the weather at this time, so we decieded to forgo some of the inside exhibits just in case it started to rain. We were on our way to see some of the bigger animals...Sarah had been talking about the giraffes for most of our trip. We were actually going to opposite direction, but she spots them and off she goes! So I guess giraffes it is! We were super lucky...as we walked up some zoo workers were starting their giraffe feeding time. The girls actually got to feed them! Sarah was not nervous at all about feeding the giraffes.
Well we were back on track after that and on our way to see the giant apes! They had 2 huge apes in the outside exhibit, but when it started to rain they both went under the awning for some coverage. The one with Emily was very interested in his food, but the one with Sarah just kept looking at her.
Well of course I could not get a picture with both girls looking at me...in fact most of my pictures of Sarah were of the back of her head :)
While we were in the ape house, it started to rain. So the girls spent most of the rest of the time in the zoo stroller, but we did manage to catch this hippo under the water. Again we were there all by ourselves. It was amazing how close we got to the hippo. We could even see his eyelashes. It doesn't get any closer than that!
Well we were almost done with our tour...we were not going to go through "Australia", but I am so glad that we did. We saw some pretty neat things. It had started to rain at this point, so I didn't take my camera out for very much. At the very end of the tour we saw these mini kangeroos. Yes, I know that it not their name, but I can't remember it! Well we saw one with her baby in her pouch. It was really very exciting.
We had one more place to visit...the chimps! Of course, immediatly when we get in I hear that voice..."mommy I have to go potty" Aghhh! The joys of motherhood. Well when we get back, we see this adorable baby chimp. The girls are watching and running with this chimp. If you'll look closely at the picture below, you'll see him looking at the girls.
It was seriously one of the neatest things we saw. This little guy was running around...playing with his dad....just like some other monkeys I know. I know the girls had a blast. It was really exciting to see the girls to be so excited.
