jaguars and orangutans and a scavenger hunt, oh my!

Yesterday, Hubby took the day off and we all headed to the zoo.

We weren't there as long as we sometimes are - Kiddo was on a mission (although I'm not sure what it was) and kept us moving through the zoo at a pretty brisk pace.  But we did get to see some pretty cool stuff.  Like a baby giraffe, baby otter and baby orangutan.  My favorite part of yesterday was the orangutan family.  They were so entertaining! 

Momma was busy with baby, and Daddy was pouting under his blanket, ha!

One of the reasons we went (other than to enjoy a beautiful day at the zoo as a family) was to work on our Clickin Moms photo scavenger hunt list.  Here we're crossing off "alligator." 

We've been busy this month taking pictures of random things like a purple house, stalactite, light saber and a Target 18-wheeler.

One of the other items we checked off yesterday? 

"duckling."

Kiddo loved all of the ducks and ducklings we saw around the zoo.  We spent the longest amount of time at the duck pond (an astounding surprise, I know).

That boy.  Hubby and I were talking last night about how much he loved the ducks.  Hubby commented that maybe we should look into getting some ducks so that Kiddo could have some of his own.  And then I googled "pet ducks" and read about the poop and the mess and the exotic vet bills.  Maybe we'll just go back to the zoo...

the zoo

We went to the Philly Zoo today - our last outing before school starts next week!

Studying the map:

This summer they have had several Lego exhibits scattered throughout the zoo.  We had fun hunting for the various Lego animals and collecting cards that had facts about the animals.

Lego penguins:

Real penguins:

Lego polar bear:

Real polar bear:

Kiddo the gorilla:

Kiddo's favorite part of the zoo was the duck pond.

Hubby and I liked the baby giraffe:

Planning our next move:

It was a beautiful day - we had a break in the heat last night, so we were able to enjoy ourselves without sweltering.  And our precious rain that we are so thankful for held off until we got home.

This week we have a few odds and ends to pull together, and then school starts on Monday!  Kiddo is really looking forward to it - if he ruled the world, there would be no summer vacation.  There have been days this summer when I would have happily agreed with him, but then we've also had days like today that make me kind of sad to see summer come to an end.