More weekend bang for our buck

A few weeks ago I got an email, courtesy of my membership to the Philadelphia Zoo, suggesting that our family should stop by, mainly because they are opening an hour early for members during weekends in May.

You mean we get an hour at the zoo with almost no people, no lines, and no worrying about losing my Jakey Sprinter into a sweaty cheesesteak mob? You bet we'll come. And we will most certainly be taking pictures next to your dinosaur statue.





It was especially really neat going so early because the animals were quite active. We watched an orangutan and a howler monkey swinging all around a rope maze in their gym. We also watched the elephants standing up on the walls of their exhibit to sneak snacks from branches of nearby trees.

Our favorite animals ...

Jacob: crocodiles
Isaac: lizards and frogs
Daddy: penguins
Mommy: little monkeys

The boys' favorite part of the zoo is always the Reptile House, which was super-creepy because all the snakes were awake and moving around. However, according to both, the most memorable sight of the day was watching an elephant poop and pee right in front of us. Isaac told Miss Susie all about it the following Tuesday.

I promised Jacob on the way in that I would take a picture of him with the gazelle fountain on the way out. Here it is. He's screaming his 'cheese'.