oakland zoo adventure

spontaneous. zoo. adventure. with auntie=a fun blasting day!

even though these pics are splattered on fb and instagram...there are some nice ones 'with the nice camera' at the bottom....thanks hubby :)

(it is diff. to pull out the camera with lucas in the ergo...he likes to grab...thankfully hubs was on camera duty)

 

anyway. we had a spontaneous zoo trip this weekend. jenny was at the delta in Sacramento with cameron and his fam and we decided to meet up. can i just say taking an almost three year old to the zoo was a lot of fun? this is caleb's second zoo trip (lucas' first) lucas was really into the monkey exhibits. caleb was really into every single animal exhibit. and if you ask him about it...he'll tell you about it (stopping every now and then to breath) he's really all about animals right now....

so here are some pics from our fun day!

 fun just arrived in the backseat, in the form of auntie.

 cozy in the backseat.

 let the fun begin! we're here.

 elephants. (very cool. they were eating tree branches with their trunks...this is very fascinating to watch. especially if you are three years old! and in case you didn't see the entire thing...you can hear all about it at bedtime when we re-hash the day's events!)

 this is jenny's favorite. the giraffes. always have been...probably always will be! i love them too. they are so pretty. those stripes! those necks. caleb loves them too. there was a baby giraffe that caleb hasn't stopped talking about since he saw it.

 this was the most hilarious picture attempt. the camel got a lil close so jenny started backing away real quick while holding the camera. probably a had to be there...it was funny though. trust me.

 the baboons. what can i say? lucas was beyond excited. he was making monkey sounds right back at them...they are very interesting looking. be glad i didn't capture their butts on my camera. it is a sight that stays with you (even though you don't want it to!)

 now that is nice hair. (it's okay lucas, don't mind what other people might say. mama likes it!)

 the alligator. very exciting. (caleb's still unsure about this one...he got pretty nervous when it moved closer to him and opened up a huge jaw of teeth...he gets quiet whenever alligator is mentioned) but i was excited! it was my first time coming face to face with one :)

 luckily for caleb, he was pretty safe up on daddy's shoulders!

 this was my favorite. the monkey exhibit. they were brothers i think? maybe...whatever. they were bffs and it was hilarious to watch them interact! i could have sat all day and stared hard at these two lil guys.

 smiles

 more smiles. it was a very happy day.

 dave captured these sweet moments! thanks dave :)

 this is my favorite. melt.my.heart.

 pretty cool i think. dave was playing around with the camera.

 more cheesy smiles :)

 zebras. another favorite for caleb of course.

 love them.

 can i admit something here? i really want to ride a camel in Greece. there i said it, okay? sisterhood of the traveling pants can be thanked for that.

 family photo opt. cause we're corny like that :)

 sisters/brothers photo opt. missing lor!

 i had to throw in this one. caleb's leaning in to auntie for a closer look at those giraffes

well we had quite a day! thanks jen for inspiring this outing :) and if you made it this far..thanks for scrolling on through all these pics. (cause i have a very hard time narrowing down my picture selection. thank you)

fun. fun. zoo. day.