The Zoo

We decided to take advantage of the nice weather this weekend and took Kaitlyn to the Nashville Zoo. She was pretty excited to see some of the animals that we read about in her books. It was hard to decide which animal was her favorite. It was a toss-up between the elephants and giraffes, although I think the giraffes edged out the elephants in the end. Their habitats are right next to each other, so she kept running back and forth between the two animals, pointing and jabbering in her own little language. I think she was telling the giraffes something very important!

In contrast to the fair that we went to last month, Kaitlyn was happy to pet the goats in the Critter Encounter. I think the baby goat was a little more her size! It's about the size of our dog, which she loves to chase around the house.

The camels were also entertaining. Fortunately, none of them spit at us. It's very fun to see these animals again through the eyes of a child. I'm sure Kaitlyn was wondering why they all had weird humps on their backs!

We ended the day with a ride on the carousel...Kaitlyn's first merry-go-round experience! She was happy to be riding a giraffe, and she was mostly all smiles until the giraffe started moving. As you can see below, she wasn't too sure about things at first. But she warmed up pretty quickly, and by the middle of the ride, Jeff had moved her to a neighboring koala bear that actually moved up and down. I wouldn't say that she really enjoyed it, but she didn't cry, so we considered it a success :)