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So, with summer winding down and the thought of going back to work looming on my mind, I woke up today and decided to take Abby to the zoo. I still have a few days of summer left and I want to make them count. I love spending my days with her and time is running out. She was SOOO excited when I told her and started jumping up and down.
We had a grand time! The weather was perfect, the zoo wasn't too busy and the animals were feisty. Yeah, sometimes you just have to let summer take hold of you. The flamingos were her favorite. I should have known that...they were pink!

There's a small waterfall that you can walk under and get sprayed (only a VERY little bit), but she was terrified. This pose is showing her feelings perfectly.

We bought a feed stick and went into the crazy cage full of birds so she could feed them. She stood so still, I've never seen her to still. The birds flocked to her and she loved it.

She has grown a lot this summer, but I guess she has quite a ways to go before she catches up with the grizzly bear. The bears were the scariest part of the zoo. She asked a least a half dozen times if I knew for sure that they would be in a cage. Even while tucking her in bed tonight she told me that the zoo was so fun, but that the bears were in a cage, right? I reassured her again that the bears were behind the ropes and would stay there. :)

I know this picture is funny, but we ate our lunch at the top pavilion by the monkeys. I couldn't get her to sit down and eat because the monkeys were too entertaining. She stood at the railing for 40 minutes. She thought they were so funny. We did manage to get half a sandwich down and of course the fruit snacks went down with no problem.

Here we are eating by the monkeys and laughing together. We tried to take our own picture. It didn't turn out great, but the smiles are genuine.

The pygmy goats were just her size.

Banging on the African drums was the biggest hit. Even after we had seen every part of the zoo we had to head back to the drums before we could leave.

The chimpanzees were the most frisky today. They were very playful and would run right into the glass wall. Abby loved standing on the railings. It's a good thing this one has a glass wall.

Right outside the zoo is a beautiful park and we headed over there before going to the car. I needed to sit down and she still had energy left. Here she is climbing the rock wall without ANY help! She'll tackle anything.