The Zoo!

Yesterday we took Olivia to the Denver Zoo again. We went when we first moved here and we had been wanting to go again. We decided to go because it was a beautiful sunny, 75 degrees. I guess the rest of Denver decided to go to because it was crowded. We got annual passes so we can go anytime and so we could just do parts of it each time.It is such a huge place it is too much in one day for a 17 month old to handle. Olivia is really into animals right now. She can make the sound of a Lion, a Monkey and a Duck. She loves looking at any animal and really enjoys the nature shows on TV.

Anyway, she enjoyed the zoo just as much as last time, if not more. One of the highlights was the gorilla exhibit. We found this little niche separate from the bigger viewing areas that had hardly anybody in it and it happened to be right where the gorillas were. We got there in time for their feeding time which was right in front of our viewing window. Olivia was right in front for the whole thing and she loved it! She was babbling like crazy, although we had no idea what she was saying. She was pointing and staring. It was quite a thrill for her. She also really liked the underwater polar bear viewing. She was pretty enthralled not only with the Polar Bears but also with just looking at the water. The sun was shining causing all this cool rippling light and she kept saying "ooohhhh" and "wow." Even where there were no polar bears swimming. She spent most of the time on Drakes shoulders or in her stroller and at the end we let her loose to walk a bit, which she loved and then became much more interested in trying to climb into other peoples wagons that they were towing their kids in. She then preceded to stop and stare at a family, like they were an animal exhibit, as they ate their lunch on a bench. I assured them that she had actually eaten lunch herself just a few minutes earlier :) As much as she loves animals, she is a people person and is always so interested in observing other people. All in all it was a fun day and I am already planning to take Olivia there during the week sometime.