Zoo Field Trip

Miles's kindergarten class took a field trip to the zoo so we decided to make a family day of it.  Bryan took the morning off work and we checked Tess out of school too.  We had another cute little Kindergartner with us, Colin S.  (It's funny in the pics because Miles is the tallest in his class and Colin S. is the shortest!)

I had not been to the zoo since they opened the Arctic area with the seals, sea lions (don't ask me what the difference is; I always thought they were the same thing but apparently they're not), and polar bears.  The polar bear was a lot of fun to watch!  He was putting on quite a show for us, diving and swimming right in front of the window.  Then he went to his food bucket and put it on his head like a funny hat and swam around like that for a little bit.  They kids loved that!

They had not opened up the new African Savannah area yet, but we were able to see the female lions up close and the male lions from far away.  They will soon open the whole thing, including the part with zebras and giraffes together--that should be cool to see.