Zoo

If I pretend like I'm not really behind no one will notice right?  As long as you all are with me. (I'll just pretend like there is someone reading this.)  We have really be enjoying the zoo here.  We decided to get a family pass so we could enjoy it more.  We figured that after our third visit we are basically going to the zoo for free.

 The thing that our kids have really enjoyed, were amazed with at first, this zoo has giraffes.  And you can feed them.  They think the long tongues are really funny.

 It makes me laugh to watch them try to feed the giraffes without the giraffes getting their hands and fingers.

 Bradley loved that there were some looking him right in the eye.

 Some of the older ones are just right in your face.  Funny story, the last time we went to the zoo we had Bradley in our hiking backpack and Brandon got some food for the kids to give to the giraffes.  While Brandon's back was turned one of the really big guys made a sneak attack on the cracker Bradley had in his hand.  Bradley didn't even see the giraffe coming, and the giraffe kept sticking his nose by the backpack looking for more giraffe crackers.

 The kids really like the enclosure with all the parakeets.  They have fed them a couple of times, and had birds land on their shoulders and shoes.

They have a couple of grizzly bears and we saw them quite active a couple of times.

We thought it was great to see them playing around.

 They have a pool with fish that the bears swim in.

 I had to take a picture of the river otters.  I have never seen the river otters in Idaho Falls, I have my doubts as to whether or not they actually have them, but these otters were really putting on a show.  Okay not these two, but the pictures of the other two doing backflips in the water didn't really turn out.  Use your imaginations.

The kids liked the gorilla and orangutan house, once we got over the smell of the naked mole rats.  This guy would kiss the glass if you put your finger up to it.

One of the days that we went to the zoo it was so bitterly cold, I'm not sure why we were there.  But the kids did have fun and enjoyed taking pictures with the tiger cut out.

 Looking so fierce.

 Not quite as fierce but I love that you can barely see both of their eyes.  I don't wonder anymore why they seem to trip over everything.