Oklahoma City Zoo

It is spring break in Oklahoma! That means Karis is staying with Mommo and Bapa all week and cousin playtime for Karis and Keller. On Tuesday, we took the kiddos to the zoo. Now, I have been to a few zoos in my lifetime, but I haven't been to the OKC since I was like eight years old--and I probably won't be going back unless Keller begs me.

So here he is...zoo bound!

Decked out in a Sooners ball cap and Woody shades, this kid was ready to see the animals. The only thing he kept saying was "elephant". He really wanted to see those pachyderms!

Karis was ready for the fun and sun too. And she was decked out in her ultra-cool shades!

Keller, however, didn't have a nap today-never a good combination-so as quick as his enthusiasm showed up, it quickly wore off. Doesn't he look just thrilled? Um, this picture was taken right after we went through the gate!

And this picture was taken along the route somewhere. Keller did not want to ride in his stroller and he didn't want to hold hands to walk, so my last resort was putting his monkey on his back (the monkey's tail acts as a leash so Keller can't wander off) which was not Keller's idea of a good time. Instead he chose to sit on the ground and scream bloody murder. Please notice he threw his hat to the ground in his fit because that is what he does--he gets mad and things go flying........oh how I love the "terrible twos".

He quickly cheered up though when we went into the children's zoo and Karis pointed out the flamingos. Keller was quite impressed with the "ingos".

He also loved running around the children's forest and hanging out in this big tree trunk.

As we headed to the back of the zoo to see the elephants, we stopped to see the gorillas. One was friendly enough to come right up to the glass to check us out as we checked him out. Keller was very excited by the gorillas and kept talking to them. "Monkey, a-a-a-a-a--a (like a monkey call)", he would say.

Finally we made our way back to the new elephant exihibit. Two big elephants who paid the humans no attention whatsoever. Fun.

Our next stop was Cat Forest where we saw a snow leopard, a tiger and this little cat that you can see in the background behind Keller. I have no idea what is was called, it started with an 'S' but it looked like a giant house cat.

Keller LOVES cats of any kind, but he is severely allergic to them. I guess he is going to have to learn to admire them behind glass. He did not want to leave the hall where we saw all the little cats, so he decided to pose for another picture with his cousin.

On our way out of the cat forest, there was a roped-off bamboo jungle you could walk through. Seemed pretty fun, except Keller decided walking on the path through the jungle was not his idea of fun. It was lots more fun to run through all the parts he wasn't actually supposed to! Thankfully Karis was around to chase him, so Mommo and I didn't have to.