I woke up at 8am so ready for this fun day at the HOUSTON ZOO with Mimz, Elijah, his mother, grandmother, little brother and little sister.  Ethan and I are not going to school.  We are considering this a Field Trip and a learning experience.  Mimz and I left home at 9am and met Elijah's family at the zoo.

 The zoo has several statues of animals that we can touch and climb on.  This gives us a chance to be up close to them. 

 This really adds to the zoo experience.

This picture shows the real giraffes.
We saw a real working ant farm.  We could see hundreds of ants at work.  Now that was a neat thing to watch.

Mimz brought us snacks to eat, including peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and water bottles.  We bought pieces of pizza for lunch.

A bald eagle, our national bird.

We did a lot of running around and we fell down a lot.  Mimz is glad I had on long pants that protected my knees.

To get a drink from this water fountain, I had to stick my head in his mouth!

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This seal lion statue is very similar to one that was at this zoo....

23 years ago  when this picture was taken of Andy, Bridget, and my mom.

Here is Papa, Grandma, and the kids at the zoo 23 years ago.

I had a super great day at the zoo.  Mimz says we walked five miles, so no wonder I fell asleep on the ride home.  I told Barbara my favorite animal to watch was the alligator but I didn't know why, it just was.