Fresno Part II, The Zoo

Fresno has a great zoo. We were fortunate enough to be shown around by one of Auntie Em's co-workers, Christine, who has been visiting the Fresno zoo since she was a little girl. We didn't have to look at a zoo map even once :).  Chris knew a lot of fun information about the animals. The highlight for mom was feeding the giraffes, Xander said he liked the giant tortoise the best (no picture sorry) and I think Flint like the Alligator best, he kept saying "teeth, teeth" and then would chomp his own teeth together. Flint is starting to say more and more words and he is at the stage where he is super excited when we know what he is saying. Thus he was pretty pumped to be able to use all of his animal words and just point at what he was saying. We got to see elephants eating hay, they swept the hay into a pile with their trunks and then used their trunks to scoop it into their mouths. 

Chris and the boys watching a bird in on of the bird houses.

Flint says, "Bird, BIRD!"

This little orangutan was swinging around on his rope for us.

Our family picture, the best we got, playing on a nosey statue, a tribute to an elephant that was at the zoo when Chris was a little girl.

Watching the giraffes

Flint feeding the giraffe

Xander feeding the giraffe, notice the long purple tongue

Tio Fredo helping Flint feed the giraffe, each boy got to feed the giraffes two lettuce leaves.

Going over the bridge in the rain forest

The alligator

Flint and auntie Em by the alligator

The sting ray pool. They were slimy to touch, neither boy wanted to touch or feed the rays.

watching the seals from underwater

A lizard, both boys enjoyed the reptile house, but Oma and Chris stayed outside ;).