whobody belongs in a zoo? (part 2)

The first morning in Chicago, we headed to the Brookfield Zoo. The kids LOVE animals...in fact, Keaton and Lola plan to own a zoo someday :) (they have actually been working on a list of animals AND a layout of their zoo...but Keaton is a little worried about how much a zebra would cost...he is thinking maybe $500...) Anyway, that is for another post.   Here are all of the kids at the entrance of the zoo...and it was only 9:30...and already HOT HOT HOT! We always seem to pick the hottest weeks to go on vacation! (this summer they are hard to miss)

 We of course had to stop at the lion statue by the entrance...this is Lola and Keaton 'hamming' it up...and Nash looking at them like "What are you guys doing???"

....speaking of hamming it up....

then...before Nash even had a chance to actually BE tired of walking... "Keaton, carry me please..."

The kids loved Stingray Bay where they got to pet and feed the stingrays.... I actually stayed outside with Cruz for this one....it was one of the many places that you couldn't take strollers into.....and he was sleeping in his stroller....

it wasn't too bad in the shade...which is pretty much where Cruz and I tried to hang out most of the day....

Nash was the MOST excited to see the crocodiles...and loved every minute!

 

 the giraffes.... and when Nash does that pose he says "look mom, I doin' pilates!"

Happy Cruz with his toy/binkie! It was so funny...I can't tell you how many people we would meet on a walkway and they would say "Oh, look at that baby's legs!" I think they noticed how muscular they were.....

This was near the end of the day...we were all pretty HOT by then.

We really had a great time at the zoo...with kids this age, it is the perfect place to spend the day...ahem, I mean morning... Nash still needs his nap! I took the picture below of the 3 kids chilling out in our hotel after the zoo...can you tell they were WIPED OUT???