What's new at the zoo...

Even in the wetness of Saturday we decided to take Abigail to the SD Zoo! She has been pointing at the elephants in our Zoonooz magazine for weeks so we figured it was time for her to see them up close...and that we certainly did!! The new Elephant Odyssey at the zoo is amazing!! You feel like you can just stick your hand out and touch them - Abby sure did love seeing them up close! You should have heard her and seen her - making her elephant sign and sounds!

She pretty much made faces or sounds for all the animals - she just categorized the ones she didn't know and made them up to fit the animals she does know - fish, bird, lion/tiger, sheep, elephant, giraffe, dog, seal, etc. Below though, she had it right - a wild boar was a "pig."

And of course, our favorite one is the giraffe. The giraffes were also awesome to see so up close! There were a couple really young giraffes and one that had just been born months ago. Abby drew a crowd herself as some other zoo visitors noticed her doing her giraffe.

Ok, so I know this isn't from the zoo, but I thought it was adorable. She's learned to blow on her food if we tell her it's hot...