Memorial Day at the Atlanta Zoo

Today we had a beautiful day and spent it at the zoo. I have to say that while it's nice, I don't like it nearly as much as Detroit. I know that's a surprise for those who hate the Detroit Zoo, but Zoo Atlanta has no bears, except Pandas, the lions weren't out, only one tiger, that is in this glassed in cage thing and no roaming peacocks; just one in a caged bird area. The gorilla and orangatun exhitibs are awesome though and there is a lot of other stuff to do, including a rock wall and carousel. Jacob was really into all the animals and loved the "petting farm" (ie, the goats). He was running from one to the next trying to kiss them and was really intrigued by their tails.

We decided to let the kids try the rock wall and I was shocked at Mikayla. I had told them that if any of them made it to the top and pushed the red button, we'd stop at Dairy Queen on the way home. I was about to pay up! Mikayla went to the top, not once, but twice. I was amazed at her! Seth went about halfway up and couldn't go any furhter and Katelyn went about 1/3 of the way.

On the carousel, Micah was a pretty scared at first. He didn't want to get on the ride at all and once it started moving, he almost paniced, but he got over it pretty quickly and then asked if he could ride it again.

All in all we had a nice day, but I'm toast. Two days in the sun (and the sunburns that go with them) are a lot!!!! Tomorrow it's back to the final push for school and to finish off this quarter. We have some 'catch up' to do in a couple of classes, so we'll see what happens.

Keep that in your prayers!!!!



Micah...still a bit scared

Jacob, on the other hand, loved it!

Loving the tail!

Mom, can I have one of these??? How about a dog?

This is the dad panda.

Bamboo grows wild down here, but they have a ton of it at the zoo.


I think one of my kids got out!

That's Mikayla near the top in the turquoise. Katelyn is on the left. The boy is just some random kid.
Almost as tall as a flamingo.