Goin' to the zoo, zoo, zoo

Stephen had Monday off, so we decided to head up to the San Francisco Zoo for the day. We haven't gone much, or possibly even at all, since Eli was born and since our Happy Hollow membership of '07, so I shouldn't be surprised that I'd forgotten just how great a zoo it is. We loved it so much, in fact, that we bought an annual membership (of which Monday's visit was half the price anyway) for me plus one adult guest and as many kids under 18 as we want. So, if you're interested in a free trip to the zoo, let me know and we'll go!

Here were some of our favorites:



Eli was immediately taken with the giraffes eating leaves from the tree branches.








Bennett was eager to see the Madagascar Lemur Forest with all the different lemurs.







Stephen picked the Walkabout as our lunching spot, so that we could watch the mama kangaroo hop around with her little joey in her pouch (the rest of them chose to nap in the sun).






We all loved watching the polar bear's feet kick up out of the water like a little kid doing an underwater handstand as she dove and swam around.




Both boys loved riding the Little Puffer with their daddy, especially our train-enamored Eli.














Here's the shot they took of the boys as we entered, which we were too cheap to buy, of course. We did snag a rather blurry proof from their website, however, and you just gotta love those cheesy smiles!