Gosh, I can't remember the last time I visited the zoo - it must have been when I was 12 or 13 years old. As a family, we'd always make the trek to Asheboro or Columbia once a year. Hopefully Steve and I can carry on that tradition with our little family.
We made plans with one of Steve's good friend - Richard, his wife Vickie and their adorable little boy Matthew (almost 2 years old) before we left for England to take a trip to Twycross Zoo. I was so pumped! Lottie is really into books right now and almost all of her books have animals in them. She absolutely adores BEARS (don't ask...) and thinks everything is a bear. She points at all the animals in her books and says Bear! BEAR - another one of her first words! Hilarious!
Unfortunately, there were no bears at this zoo! :( As I said in a previous post, the weather was pretty chilly while we were over. Me being Mom of the Year didn't bring Lottie's heavy coat (Idiot) so we resorted to a lot of layering and blankets when we were out and about.
We met Rich, Vickie and their son Matthew at 11:00 a.m. and from there we started exploring...............
When we first walked through the gate.......
Monkeys
Check out this little cutie!! So sweet!
This Monkey was enjoying a cucumber!
I can't even remember what this was....... some sort of strange breed.....
Lottie checking out the donkeys which I called mini ponys and got quickly corrected by a laughing Steve saying those are donkeys Tonya - come on! :)
Bear, Bear, Bear
It's a Giraffe (in a cage), no but in a really small area!
Look Dada!
I'm not sure if it was just me, but I thought the elephants and giraffes were kept in pretty tight quarters.
Family Portrait
Take two........
Lottie's future English boyfriend!!! They were so sweet!
Yes, my child is wearing no shoes - pretty sure she ripped them off and may or may not have tried feeding them to the animals
Penguins
No Clue - Fox breed?????
Matthew and Vickie
HUGE turtles
After all the excitement, this little lady was tuckered out!
But she's back......... Tea time at the cafe!
We had such a blast with Rich, Vickie and Matthew! They are such a sweet family. After a long day, we headed for the gift shop. Steve bought Lottie an elephant toy!
I am so looking forward to another visit to the zoo - hopefully we can make it to Columbia later this year!
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