Family trip to the NC Zoo

We've been wanting to take the kids to the zoo forever and it just seemed like Sunday morning was the perfect time to go.  We were up early and out the door, as a neighbor had mentioned to be there when the gates opened and the zoo's about 1 hr 15 mins from us...  So we loaded up, (SO glad I had pre-packed all the essentials the night before!) and we were on our way.

We headed in through Africa first and we were able to make it across the entire zoo and saw all of the animals with the exception of the giraffes and that was because the ground was wet and they are prone to incidents.  The kids had a really great time and the entire way there Naylor kept saying he wanted to see the Lion King!

We had a 'picnic' of sorts and got to ride the carousel - the kids loved it, even Whitley Ann got to ride.  I'm so happy we took the kids - it was fun for the entire family and definitely a trip we'll make again.  Once we were loaded up, we were in the car about 2 minutes before everyone was asleep in the back of the car.

It was funny to me the looks we'd get as we were walking through the zoo... folks were always asking, "are they twins?" "are they all yours?" and sometimes the questionable looks on their faces was enough and I'd just say, "yeah, we're our own little zoo"!

Here's a link to the pictures - what a fun day!  For the pictures in the link, I put all the ones of us in them at the front of the album, so once you reach animals, that's what's left is just animals.

NC Zoo Trip 9.25.11