Feeding a Giraffe


Last week Michael and I took the kids back to the Lowery Park Zoo in Tampa.
Of course, the first thing Jude wanted to do was ride the carousal.

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He was thrilled to ride the horse this time! Since his obsession with the rodeo, he tries to ride everything he can: the couch, pillows, even my sewing machine box, and says they are either a bull or a horse.

Anyways, here are my cuties flying by again:

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Jude’s look when I asked him if the carousal was fun:

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“Uh’ huh!”


Next up was the big hit of the day! We fed a Giraffe!

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What strange animals they are when you get up close!

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A face only a mother could love:

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Eden wasn’t going to give up her giraffe though!

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We took a little safari ride around Africa
and got to see the ‘behind the scenes’ of some different exhibits.

Jude loved the elephants.

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And we didn’t even bother to look at the monkeys because we brought our own!

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Poor Eden got so hot and sweaty. The back of her head was pure soaked!

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Jude however, didn’t mind the heat!

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He knew he was going to get to play in the water park!

But he didn’t do much running around. 
Instead he loved just sitting on this alligator!
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We even let crazy hair splash around for a minute!

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Total time at the zoo: about 2 1/2 hours! A huge storm came up, so we decided to head back home. It is a short drive for us, so this was a nice way to spend our morning and still let the kids get their afternoon nap! We hope to head back to the zoo again next week!



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