Monday, July 20, 2009

Zoo Trip PICS/Part 1 & 300th! POST!!


Hi everyone! Today is my 300th POST! Yippe! I have a give-away in the works in honor of this, I will be announcing it later this week! Here is PART 1 of my pics from our Road Trip to the Toledo Zoo:) I got lots of cool pics that I want to share so I thought I'd split it up into 2 diff. posts! These were some spooky lookin' sea lions we saw swimming around! Check out the eyes on the ones below, yikes! I am fascinated by animals swimming for some reason!!


The boys were watching too!


Here is my favorite animal, the Polar Bear!
Just before we got up to the glass, we noticed a big crowd... because this polar bear was throwing a ball up out of the water! It was SO COOL! But of course, by the time I got my camera ready, he didn't do it again:(



We saw some scrawny looking wolves, which I have never seen a wolf in a zoo before!
Man, he looked hungry!
(Bad pic because of the darn fence!)


Here are my guys and Stacy's little boy goofing around after lunch time!


This fuzzy black bear was so funny!
He kept making kissy face at us, or maybe Stacy cause she's such a cute red head! LOL


These HIPPOS were the COOLEST! They were HUGE!! There was a sign that said they stand like 6 feet tall; this one and another would swimming up to each other in the water, and either fighting or tryin to kiss each other but they kept opening their mouths and putting them together! It was so neat! Their water tank was very cloudy so it was hard to get good pics with my camera! And of course, there were those RUDE people who stand in front of the glass for like 20 minutes straight and won't let you in to see anything- ugh!!



This guy worked for the Zoo and was walking around with a group that were carrying things like this baby elephants foot and a rhino horn(?)!
We got to touch it and see it up close; very cool and educational!


This bird is one I have never seen before and I knew I wouldn't remember the name so I took a pic of the sign!

Freaky lookin' bird, huh?


This was a giant pic of an elephant, I had Gage pose by!
He wasn't too thrilled!


Here is my blog friend Stacy and her 2 little boys that are 1 and 7; mine are 2 and 8!
They are so darn cute and sweet!


The massive Rhino!
Pretty proud of this good shot!


Camels... the ones at our hometown zoo will spit at you! They are gross!


Look I grew wings while we were gone! Haha!
These were so cute to stand and take pics by:)


Here is my "Gavin-Fly"!


My blog friend Stacy and I:)

Stacy's lil one and Gage worn out after I think 5 hours at the zoo!
They were having a snack break!


Here is Gavin and Stacy's oldest son playing with these silly cans that shot animals out!
We were trying to get an "action" shot!!


Thanks Stacy for a fun time!
Next time, lets plan on dinner with a blue margarita after! (LOL)

8 comments:

The Red Headed Mama said...

We'll definitely have to plan on having dinner WITH drinks after next time!

Love the pics!!!! I'll be posting mine soon :)

Anonymous said...

You cute little butterfly, you! ☺ Looks like you had a fun time!

I wish I could split the zoo up into 2 days so we could REALLY see everything and NOT be so exhausted at the end of the day! I don't fare too well on pavement all day!

Rhinos and Hippos ARE huge. We once got out the tape measure and measured out what they would look like in the living room. It was scary!

i can't wait to see what your give away is! ♥

Unknown said...

Looks like you all had a great time!!
Love the butterfly outfits!!!
We took the kids to the Toledo Zoo once. The animals were amazing. I do remember a LOT of walking though and HOT weather.You took some pretty good pics!
A giveaway? yippee!!!!! Congrats on the 300th post!
Judy

Carole Burant said...

Now they need to have faerie wings like that so that I can stand in front of and pretend I`m a faerie! lol I so enjoyed looking at all your pictures, looks like a really fun day at the zoo. I love visiting zoos but it`s been a couple of years now since I`ve been to one...hmmmm....Steveeeee!!! lol I swear he cringes when I plan a trip for us! ROFL!! I`m so glad you got to meet a blogging friend, how special that is and to boot she has boys similar in age to yours:-) Looking forward to seeing more pictures! xoxo

LaurieStar said...

Hi Noelle! What a great post! I love all those underwater pictures. I especially love the one of you with butterfly wings! How cool is that!
Thank you for your super nice comment on my blog today - really made me smile to feel missed by someone! :)

Anonymous said...

Hey chick!
Love the butterfly pic! so cute! I am hosting a swap! come and check it out!! big hugs

toodles-
sarah

John Deere Mom said...

I love the hippos! I wish we had hippos at our zoo! So cool!

Carolyn said...

Cool Zoo photos - and not just for kids !! ;o)
Love the butterfly photo of you , and it is great to meet a fellow blogging friend isn`t it ? I met one last year , and there`s so many more i wish to meet up with !