To the zoo!

My mom is so awesome.  She decided earlier this year that she wanted to start a "girls day" once a week for all the girls in our family who could come.  I think the long term goal is for all the cousins to be able to play together once a week and to become good friends, but in the meantime Allison, my mom, and I (plus whoever else can come) are loving just getting together to hang out.  My mom has been wanting to go to the zoo all summer, so for girls day last week we headed up to Hogle Zoo.  Dunc decided to take the day off last minute, and luckily the girls gave him the okay to tag along.

The chickens were one of the first animals Mya saw and she was pretty excited about being able to get up close to them.  It's the little things!

 

Not quite a chimp's wingspan, but getting pretty close.

 

 The polar bear put on an awesome show for us!  He was swimming laps and coming right up next to the glass for a solid 10 minutes.  It was so cool!

 Although the real animals were pretty cool, I think the statues may have been a favorite with Mya.

 Cute Lyla and Allison on Lyla's first carousel ride.

Dunc was obviously a huge fan of the carousel

 Lyla was going crazy at the splash pad!  She was hillarious.  She kept trying to drink the water, crawling right through the fountain, splashing like crazy.  She was seriously loving it.  It was so funny.

To end the day, Mya decided to go right through the huge fountain of water and of course I didn't bring any spare clothes.  It was a funny end to a fun day.  Thanks again for taking us mom!