Lions, and tigers, and bears, oh...

...wait! We didn't see ANY of those things. We did, however, see this giant tortoise statue,

the butterfly garden,

some ducks and fish,

and some sea lions!
We are becoming regulars at the zoo this summer. It's so nice to be able to just load up and go for a couple of hours and not feel like we have to see EVERYTHING at the zoo because we know we'll be back in a week or two. It's also nice that the kids are all big enough that we can pretty much go on a whim-just grab the backpack, throw in a few snacks, fill the water bottle, and go. No diaper bag, bottles, baby food, etc. And believe it or not, I took them all by myself and didn't even lose one along the way!

I know you're impressed!