Zoo Visit

For my birthday last year my mother in law gave us tickets to the zoo. We wanted to go in the fall but that fell through so we made a plan and we were able to stick to it. April 28th James took the day off and we headed out to Salt Lake for a fun day. We found out that they don't start charging till the child is 3. So we might make a trip back to go see the African safari exhibit. :) We missed the grand opening by a few days. Oh well. :) We finally got Avery through the front gates and got her to stop talking to the lady and say bye. She wasn't quite sure where we were and what to expect.  We tried to show her the monkeys but she didn't quite understand. Then we saw the elephants. :) We couldn't pull her away. We tried to tell her that there was more animals to see. When she finally realized that there was a lot more animals to see, we couldn't stop her, she loved it.

Avery loved the tiger, while we went up to show her the wolves the tiger started to roar. Avery was SO excited and would roar right along with him as we headed back down the hill.

 Avery was so tired by the end of the day, she didn't want to see anymore animals. James took her out to the car while I made a stop to the gift shop. When I got back to the car to help James load in the stroller Avery was cuddling her little monkey backpack and was almost asleep. I put her new book in her lap. she looked down at it and pick it up. Slowly a smile spread across her face as she said "Ave's book." :). We headed back home but decided to stop by Chili's for an early dinner. Then headed home.