Hogle Zoo

We have wanted to take Little Blaine to the zoo all summer long but I wanted to wait until the days were cooler so we didn't have to die in the heat and could enjoy ourselves much better. It worker out well that Blaine had to work up there one Saturday morning so we met him up there in the afternoon. It was a cloudy day which was awesome and the animals were more active than I have ever seen them so that was super fun as well.

Here little Blaine is playing at the little playground before we headed home.
He loved the tunnel and the slide below. Too bad I didn't catch him at the bottom and he ended up face planting it right into the bark. Ouch. Oops.

Blaine and Little Blaine with the "elepents".

He is at the perfect age for the zoo because he knows what a lot of the animals are and he could see what we were pointing at. It was really fun.

Playing peek-a-boo around the elephant sign with daddy.

The alligator was so big.

The tigers were super active. Running from side to side in their cage. Swimming in the water. It was so fun to see them do something besides sleep.

Daddy and Blaine looking at the first tiger.

Taking a break for a little pear snack.

The monkeys were all over the place. It was crazy to see them eating and playing like they were.

Right as we got to the giraffe house they were opening up their garages for lunch time so we got to watch them walk in to their food and start eating away.

There were three of them eating at that time.

Blaine acted like he really wanted to ride this merry-go-round but after our experience at the carnival we decided that watching from the sides was enough action for him =)

We did let him ride the train though. He could hardly wait in line for it he was so excited.

Teasing Daddy while waiting for the train. I couldn't have caught this picture at a better time.

Daddy and Blaine on the train. He could have rode that train all day long if we would have let him. He loves trains because of the Dinosaur Train cartoon on PBS that we watch every morning.

It was such a fun visit at the zoo. I highly recommend going to the zoo in late September on a cloudy day around 2:00. The weather is perfect and that's feeding time for all of the animals.