It's "only " going to be 94 today kids, let's go to the zoo!

At nearly 10 degrees below last week's temperatures, this morning I decided that a trip to the Birmingham zoo was in order! We may have had more fun there than any other zoo. First, we rode a camel (which yes, part of me thinks is a little cruel for the camel --being in captivity AND having to schlep people around a little dirt track all day for the economic gain of the zoo can't be a good life --  but I gave in the the pleas of my kids). Then we saw a lion who kept roaring at us -- full blown roar that the kids were LOVING! Gage is still walking around roaring every time we mention the lion at home. Then, we got to feed flamingos, which was super cool. We bought some flamingo "kibble" and they pecked it from Savannah's hand. The first time she ran out, one of the little buggers bit her, but luckily she found it amusing and fed them again. Flamingos always remind me that Savannah used to say "mangos come from flamingos butts"!  We road a train, which Gage loved, and just had a blast. After spending 3 hours there we didn't even get to 2 sections of the zoo, so we have something to look forward to on our next trip!