Summer Zoo Trips

What an incredibly fun, busy, amazing summer we've had! I LOVE the age the boys are - they're still so sweet, cute and cuddly, but are also totally enthralled in discovering new-found independence and are growing their wild imaginations every day. I just can't get enough of them! We've had so many fun adventures over the past few months which I'll continue to attempt to document in these next few posts. :-)

SO many trips to the zoo! We enjoyed countless visits to the Indianapolis, Columbus and Cincinnati Zoos.

Indianapolis Zoo

Petting the sharks, watching the polar bears & donkeys, and looking down a storm drain for...who knows what. Cute Matthew just had to find out what lies down that sewer. :-)

Checking out the giraffes and elephants (or, as the boys call them

"elf-a-nents").

The Indy Zoo has the coolest butterfly gardens. They had so much

fun "petting" the butterflies (poor butterflies!).

Columbus Zoo

Riding the zoo train

Watching the new baby elephant, looking for sharks and posing with Grandma. Oh, and I love little Rachel's face in this picture. Ha!

Feeding the Lorakeets. Way to go, Vickie, for not totally freaking out! ;-)

The boys thought the boat ride through the Monkey Islands with their cousins was so much fun!

For some reason I don't have pictures of the Cincinnati zoo (only video), but it's also tons of fun. It's HUGE, and among other things, they have a brand new giraffe area where you can feed the giraffes!