Zoo

Over Memorial Day weekend, Eric was out of town for work. Tyler and I were sad he was gone 6 days, but kept busy and had fun. One day we went to the zoo, which was really fun! We hadn't been to the zoo since Tyler was 2 years old, so we were long over due. It was a long day, but we packed in the entire zoo and Tyler was a total trooper.

We started out by riding on the bus to the zoo. Even though we arrived at 9:30 in the morning, the parking lot was full, so we had to take the shuttle. After waiting in line for almost an hour just to get on the bus, we finally were able to hop on. Tyler loved every second of riding the bus!



One of the first things we saw were the Turtles. Tyler has been totally in love with sea Turtles ever since we went to Hawaii. They are one of his fav's!

Of course, no trip to the zoo would be complete w/out visiting the petting zoo. Tyler really wasn't interested in the petting zoo at all...nor did he want to feed any of the animals. He just wanted to ride this wooden horse over and over and over...he was on it for good half hour, and I literally had to pull him off it, so other kids could have a turn. He has told me multiple times since then that he's asking Santa for one for Christmas...

We were quite lucky to see the elephants...and the new little baby is so cute!

We packed a picnic lunch and ate on the grass. Not a big surprise, but Tyler was more interested in running on the big open grass than eating his lunch. I seriously have no clue where all of his energy comes from!

Full steam ahead!

There was a bird of prey exhibit going on during our lunch. We were able to get very close to this Eagle, which was SUPER cool!

Tyler was excited to see Motto-Motto from Madagascar!

The most awesome thing we saw at the zoo were the giraffes. One of the giraffes put on quite a show for us. He was using his tongue (I had no idea it was so long) to pull a branch from a tree down, and then eat the leaves. I was so into watching the show that I forgot to snap a picture of it...only after the giraffe walked away did I realize I should have taken a picture sooner...darn it!

Towards the end of the day, Tyler started to get a bit tired. He stopped to take a little rest on this rock. I thought the expression on his face was priceless...just watching all that was going on around him.

Outside the gift shop, hanging w/a couple of dudes...

Meet Flex. The newest member of Tyler's stuffed animal family. Tyler decided to name his giraffe flex, because they have flexible necks.

We had such a fun time at the zoo and it was really great for Tyler to be able to see so many fun animals. The Portland zoo is awesome and everytime I go there I'm always reminded that it's a great place to go and spend the day.