The Hogle Zoo

On the Friday before school started, we went to the Hogle Zoo. It was a nice way to wrap up the summer before the school year begins for both our family and my Mom (who works at a university). My Mom kindly treated us to the zoo. I was impressed that we were able to see the entire zoo despite having to leave around 3 pm to get back in time for Dagan's Open House at school that evening. This photo was taken right before we took a break to have a picnic lunch:
The kids are with Grammy below. This is the third summer (in five years) that she has treated us to the Hogle Zoo and each time she has purchased a zoo souvenir t-shirt for Dagan. It worked out well that Morgan fit the one she bought Dagan as a baby and Logan fit the one she bought Dagan last time we were there. This time she bought Dagan the red one he is wearing here:
Dagan and Logan on an elephant statue that sprays water out of its' trunk:
Morgan was a bit out of sorts that day. He had just recovered from a 3-4 day illness. To make matters worse, he was stung by something on his little hand when I was carrying him. We felt so bad for him. It swelled a bit so Alan had to run to the First Aid station for some After-Bite while Grammy and I applied ice. He appeared to forget about it after that. His smiles were relatively few in number that day but we did manage to capture a couple of cute ones:
I love that at the Hogle Zoo you can see all of the animals and then at the end there is a big play area with things for the kids to climb on. Dagan and Logan in the play area there:
Morgan on a spider:
Logan peeking out from under a turtle shell in the play area:
Dagan coming out of a snake mouth:
And the big boys on a caterpillar:
We had so much fun and learned so much. Dagan and Logan's curiosity and excitement were fun to watch. Morgan's awe that all of the animals he's only seen in books were right in front of him was adorable. Thanks for the fun idea and treat Grammy!