Zoo time

We liked visiting with the little animals so much we decided on a trip to the zoo.

We hadn't seen the giant panda cubs yet, so we thought we would see them first. Especially when the sign at the door said there was only a 15 minute wait.

 

So we waited

 

And waited

And waited
(This is what Katheryn looks like right before we go in, after waiting over 1 hour)

But we did get to see the 2 baby pandas

 

We got 2 minutes before we had to move along.

I think we got a bit extra time to let Nick get up in his wheelchair so he could see

 

And one of the adult pandas was in the other exhibit

Katheryn liked climbing on everything that she could find

And Nick found the river full of fishes

We stopped for Beaver Tails before seeing more animals.
And we took a break from the sun

And Katheryn found that she actually does like to try new things. And inhaled her Beaver Tail

We went to see the Polar Bears (Katheryn's favorite). But they weren't really out

Since we stopped Nick wanted to stretch his legs with his crutches.
He has gotten so incredible with his crutches he didn't actually want to get back into his chair.

Katheryn had lots of fun and even posed for a picture with minimum complaint.

We got to see Nick's favorite animal, the penguins.

They really liked playing with the stands that are at the exhibit and not so much the penguins themselves.

And Nick wanted to walk around the exhibit all by himself. (Katheryn took his chair so I didn't have to push it. But she was a little bit afraid of the hills)

The penguins weren't swimming today. But the kids like being underwater.

For our last animal we decided to visit the new lion cubs.
Again Nick didn't want anything to do with his chair.

it took a couple of minutes waiting for a window spot but Nick was able to get up close to these graceful creatures (Katheryn wasn't that interested)

 

Rory sleeps just like this

Nick walked so well with his crutches. He was just go go go!
Not only does he walk with them, but he runs with them!

You would think that after the day at the zoo and all of his walking that this boy would be tired.
Nope he decided to show off by walking up the stairs all by himself

He was so proud of himself!

Zoo fun!

We hadn't been to the zoo for a while, and our membership was running out. So the kids and I decided to go and visit the zoo!

Our original plan was the visit all of the new babies (panda bears, polar bears, white lions and rhino). But, that seemed to have been all of the other families plan as well.

So we went to visit some of the other animals

The kids liked the crocodile (or was it an alligator)

They wanted to get a close-up view

Katheryn liked running around and climbing on everything, even if we didn't see a lot of animals

To end the day we got to ride on the carousel. Nick wanted to try one of the up and down rides. But he didn't like it. The next time we went around he went in the turtle that is the wheelchair accessible one.

Another fun day out!

Zoo time

After the SB&H general meeting we all went to the zoo.
Everyone got to pick 1 animal to go and visit

Nick picked the penguins

Katheryn picked the lions, but her favorite was watching the gorillas outside

Nick had lots of fun moving himself around by himself

We stopped and watched the tiger on our way back to the front of the zoo

And we got to take some pictures

This is my favorite. Shows how lucky I am to have these 2!

Steve and the Zoo

Nick had an eye test at Bloorview (on a Saturday) so we decided that we would treat the kids to a trip to the zoo on our way home. As a surprise!
For a bigger surprise I found out that there was going to be a special guest at the zoo for a meet-and-greet!

 

Captain America! (Who is Nick's favorite Avenger)

He told Nick that he could call him "Steve", so all day Nick talked about how he got to meet Steve.

 

We each got to pick and animal to go and visit.
Katheryn picked the polar bears. Always her favorite

 

And we were there for feeding time

 

Nick picked the otter. We named her Marlene (just like in Penguins of Madagascar). She is so active that the kids loved watching her swim all around. We got to see her fed as well, and waited 10 extra minutes for the zoo keeper. Who threw in some food and when someone asked her a question she answered and then walked away.

 



 

My choice was the flamingos. I thought the kids would get a kick out of them, and we hadn't visited them for a while. They were in a part of the zoo we usually skip.

 

 

I though they provided a nice background for a picture

Kyle picked the penguins. We just missed seeing them fed

It was so hot and sunny that we stopped for a quick popsicle break and then headed out

They each wanted to ride the merry-go-round.
Nick didn't want to go onto anything, so  we used the wheelchair turtle. So he could take his wheelchair up a ramp and then get attached to the ride and go around.

Katheryn picked a flamingo

 

On our way out we saw Steve again

It was a fun surprise for the kids!