A Trip to the Zoo!

We took advantage of the three day weekend and headed to St. Louis on Sunday to visit the zoo. Although there were a few mini-showers off and on, mostly we managed to stay dry and fairly cool. Kieran had a lot of fun and so did mom and dad- all in all a fantastic mini-holiday!

Our little cartographer... he was so into the zoo map this trip... he kept saying,  "We need to go to the country, it's (the animal) is in the country!"

Train time!

"Hmmm... where to next?!"

Kieran and his map :)

So serious! 

Kieran took advantage of every opportunity (real and imagined) to put his Spiderman umbrella to work ;)

Although he did like the animals, he was the most interested in anything he could be a part of and manipulate- tunnels and hands-on-activities were the order of the day!

Out of the tunnel- he loved this!

Mommy and Kieran watching the elephant family...

And daddy too!

On the phone with Camden in the Penguin exhibit- really though he was listening to information about penguins... too funny that little boy!

Kieran liked brushing the goats in the children's zoo...

He also liked warning others about the poop and pee... "Watch out!'

I love that he isn't afraid- of most anything really.

Out of the hippo's mouth!

Petting a tortoise in the children's activity center.

A quick break from playing pretend to pet a guinea pig...

And now back to being a pirate! I wasn't quick enough to capture it, but he was holding his hand over one eye- pretending it was a patch! Where does he get this stuff from?? I don't think we have read or seen anything about pirates! 

Practicing his vet skills...

Taking care of a sick lion ;)

Ride 'em frog-boy!

Mmmm- chocolate ice-cream!

The sugar coma has set in... you can tell by that far away stare ;)

Check out that alligator!

Kieran really liked the reptile house... more so than the monkeys or other furry animals. This and the penguins were his favorites at the zoo.

Look- lizards!

Waiting on a train...

Last ride of the day before we headed home :)