Where the Wild Things Are

Lucy with her loot.
She chose a Whooping Crane? (interesting choice)
And another mini-Roxy.

Lucy's first trip to the Brookfield Zoo was a success.  I think we pushed her to the limit though, because we did EVERYTHING!  The butterfly exhibit, the dolphin show, the carousel ride, and the petting zoo.

The butterflies were not as exciting this time around it seemed.  I think Lucy really just wanted to touch the fountains.  She's all about water nowadays.

The dolphin show went about how I expected it would.  She didn't want to sit for it, but we walked the bleacher stairs while we waited for the show to start.  She made it through most of it on our laps before she cried at the loud applause and music at the very end.  She's such a trooper.  Maybe next time.

I think the best reaction (and now therefore dubbed her favorite animal there) was the response to the giraffe.  She took one look and as soon as she saw it she girlishly and excitedly called out a very high pitched "Woof!"

Stretching our legs...

Lucy and her whooping crane...

The ape house went over well.  One of the animal noises Lucy will do is the gorilla.  She wouldn't perform it for the actual animal though!  However, the gorilla beat on her chest for us which was quite a performance.

After the monkeys and gorillas, we ran around and did a bit of our own monkeying around.  Jump!

We had one very tired little girl by the time we made it to the petting zoo, but she wasn't scared at all!

Look at her yank on that ear!  She had a good grip on it.  Poor goat.

She didn't care for the carousel...too early?

Great way to end the day...zebra pajamas for the night!