A trip to the zoo!

Before Christmas we went to the Wildlife World Zoo on the other side of town in Litchfield Park. It is a round trip drive of 100 miles; took 45 minutes to get there but nearly 1 1/2 hours to come home because of rush hour traffic. This is my favorite zoo because all the animals are so close to you. Sometimes a little too close like a tiger that was pacing back and forth in front of his fence only about 5 feet away. I also like all the birds they have at the zoo but you must remember that I am a big bird lover.

So, I planned to take Chandler, Cooper and Tatum on the last day of school for Christmas break because Alvin and Chelsea had a work day that day. Anyway, they found out where we were going so they ditched the school and tagged along. Chandler was the "map" man. He followed that map the whole day. Tatum ran after him from place to place. Cooper was a little more serious in each thing he saw and spent more time looking at the animals and the birds. Just another means of seeing how different the two boys are.

The most fun of the day I thought (and Cooper too) was feeding the birds. It was an enclosed cage and you fed the birds apples. At times Cooper had a bird on his head and about 3 on his arms; all at one time. Chandler found a red colored bird that liked to peck his finger but all of the others were super friendly. Tatum doesn't like birds so she stayed outside sitting on a bench with Pa.




Cooper liked feeding the giraffes - he didn't mind all the droul.

The baby goats liked Chelsea

Cooper was walking along the path and he heard this bird talking to him. He was so shocked to hear him. They all enjoyed talking to them after that. I just love birds that talk and reminds me of my past birds Perkins, Gizmo, and Macayla! They were all good talkers.

Tatum is afraid to death of birds but likes the bigger things like this lion.

It was a fun day.