elephants on parade...

walking down from the polar bears. such a fun reminder to me that our zoo is so metro! i love seeing downtown. in the zoo, you feel lost in the environment. it's awesome!!!

just walking around the zoo...

enjoying the elephant exhibit!

nora loved hugging all these animals. she asked if she could sit on this one's back.

snuggles!!!

she was a little hesitant at first, but soon realized they weren't real!

a big kiss for the hippo!!!

too bad jamey didn't have any fun! he took a GREAT nap!!!

nora and i always take a picture by the hippos. it's our "thing"! so, there is a new elephant exhibit that is AWESOME! we walked that way first. you walk into this little enclosure type thing and there is a huge screen with an elephant show on it. it shows the elephants marching n the jungle. maybe a 30 second loop of them. but it's huge! anyway, we walk into this area and nora was a little hesistant, again, not sure if they were real. she got a little more comfortable as we stood there and she realized they were a show. then, they trumpeted and she jumped THROUGH THE ROOF! it was funny. now she will tell you, "the elephants are REALLY scary". but, it's all she talks about from the zoo and wants to go back. to see the show. and, i had to search forever on youtube yesterday to find a similar video!!!