St. Louis Zoo, Part 2

The next stop for us was The Children’s Zoo! I don’t know why we didn’t do this more often with Abby? Maybe I just wasn’t sure what was behind that gate. And it costs a little money (unless you have a zoo membership) The girls love it! It is usually way less crowded back there. Today, a docent had a few owls right inside the gate! Abby and Hannah took turns Whoooo Whoooing at them.

Hanna took a second to sit on the frog. She insisted I take her picture – but refused to look at me

We headed to the indoor section of the Children’s Zoo. Also lots to see and do inside! The girls seem to gravitate towards the plastic playhouse. This always amazes me. They have fun, live animals to pet and sand to dig in and so many more unique animals to see! Finally! Today they were quite interested in digging for treasures! Abby just found a red shell!

We stopped to tell the guinea pigs hello.

And a quick pat for the BIG bunny!

Wow! What could be hiding in this log??

SNAKE!!!!

We headed back outside. There were a few chickens walking around, mooching Goldfish off of some visitors. Abby asked me what chickens ate – I told her the better question might be what don’t chickens eat?? Lynn? Help here? We walked through the dark belly of a HUGE whale and it dropped us off at a splash pad! This is the place that I often hope isn’t on. I hope we can just walk right by without the girls noticing. But not today! Today we were ready to get wet!! The girls seemed a bit confused that I was not only allowing – but encouraging them stop around in their regular clothes. I knew it was there. I had planned on letting them play today. That is one of the reasons I saved the Children’s Zoo for last. I had sunblock. However, I forgot towels :/ Oh well! It was a warm day. They splished and splashed for at least 20 minutes.

“Look Abby! A little hole. I think I’ll stick my toe in it!”

“Whoa!”

“Aaaaggghhhh”

Come see more of The Children’s Zoo in Part 3.