Fun at the Zoo

Labor Day was cold and rainy here, but we decided to make the most of it anyway. Jeremy had spent most of the day Saturday doing school work, and still had some to do on Monday afternoon, but on Monday morning, we decided to go to the zoo! Some friends of ours were planning on going to a nearby lake, but the weather was so crummy that everyone canceled their plans. We looked into going to museums, but most of them were closed for the holiday, so we decided to brave the rain and just go for it!

It was great! It was our first time going to the Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium. It is such a great zoo! It was amazing. Even though it was rainy, the animals were out and about and it was so fun! Not to mention there was hardly anybody else there so we got a good view of everything. :) It was pretty much us, a few other families, and a whole bunch of Amish people. Did you know the Amish went to the zoo? I did not.

Anyway, it was so much fun. We saw gorillas rolling around and beating their chests, we saw sharks swimming right over our heads, tigers running around jumping on each other and all sorts of other things - polar bears, seals, penguins, tons of fish, octopus, giraffes, lion, leopards, monkeys, gazelles, etc, etc.

I forgot my camera but...we bought a year pass so we'll be back! It's a really great deal. You only have to go 2-3 times to pay for it and a bunch of our ward members have them too, so it will be a great activity for me and the kids to do. There's a girl in the ward who goes every week! Awesome. Of course Eli loves the zoo. Even though I didn't get any pictures, I tried to get a video of him talking about it. He was very chatty right before I brought out the camera and then of course he quieted down. But the best part is Connor laughing hysterically at Eli. Enjoy!

Okay, so I had two videos, but the second one would not load! I've been trying for two days. Lame. It had a better view of Connor, but oh well. Maybe it will work later.