Zoo day adventure!

This was by far, the best Zoo experience we have ever had! Dallas Zoo is awesome! Not only was Dex SO excited about going, all he could talk about was seeing the tigers, but it was not busy at all, so we were able to navigate through in record time! Plus we got SO dang close to all the animals, the Animals were all moving around, it was crazy. We actually got to see this huge crocodile swimming around, you never see those guys moving.   

You cant really tell but this is a momma chimp sunbathing right up against the glass with her baby. It was so cute! And while we were sitting there another mom and baby chimp came walking over to us and I thought Quade was going to freak out! He didnt quite understand that the glass would contain the animals. Actually he was pretty terrified the whole time we were there, he needed to be in arms, I guess the animals were a little too big for him. 

And then we have Dexter who is FEARLESS! The minute that he saw the giraffes and that he could touch them, he went running right up to them. I cant believe that they were just right there and you could pet them if you want. We did pay the $5 to get lettuce to feed them and it was totally worth it. Dex loved it! 

Quade thought he wanted to get close so he would lean towards it and then get to scared, so 

This was our shot at a family pic, but then it licked my neck, yuck.

Thats better.

Ok so Dexter was talking about finding the tigers all day! So when we finally found them, there was not one to be found. So Matt went and found one of the zoo keepers and told them that we have been waiting all day for the tigers but we didnt see any... There were 3 zoo keepers that he was talking to and they were so nice. They said "Ok well lets find the tiger." They walked over with us and explained that they had 5 tigers but they are solitary, so the tiger that was out right now was Jabar. They walked over there with us (Dex thought they were so cool) and started yelling out "Jabar" The tiger totally came running right up to the glass where we were! It totally scared Quade (as you can see in the picture, he is a blur bc he is turning to scream and run to me) and Dex started yelling Jabar! So the zoo keepers started getting the tiger to play and stuff. They told him to get the ball, so he would growl and pounce on the ball. It was so cool! They were so nice to do that for the boys. It totally made Dexter's day, please, it made my day. When the zoo keepers left, the tiger started to walk off again so then Dex and Matt yelled out Jabar and he totally came back for a little while. It was awesome!  

Great day at the Zoo! Cant wait to go back. Dex asks everyday if we are going to the zoo? So cute.