My cousin Nicole and her family had a family membership to the Minnesota Zoo and invited Callen and I to join her and Parker for a day at the zoo. With her membership, she is able to have a guest come along with her for free. As we first walked in, our first stop was at the Moose area and we were shocked to see the moose so close to the rails. Normally they are so far in the back, but these guys decided that they could hang out up front on a quite Tuesday afternoon.
This aquarium had a shark in it that had just passed by when she took the picture. My camera is fast but not fast enough. You will note that Callen is no longer in his stroller. Yes, I planned ahead and so thankful I did. I borrowed this baby bjorn carrier from Jon and Kristine the night before "just in case" I would need it for the zoo. And of course within 30 min, he was tired of his stroller and wanted out. So I slipped on the carrier and he was happy as a clam snuggled up with mom.
All of the camels were out in picture view also. There were a bunch of them all cuddled up together. Which I don't know why b/c it was beautiful out.
As we were walking by the bear exhibit, we were lucking enough to get there right when they were going to work on training the bears. Each bear had a shape that was theirs, the one in the picture had a star and then there were two others that had a circle and a square. The bear was to follow a little pole along the fence and would get a treat if he followed it correctly. He isn't attacking in the picture, he was told to stand up by his trainer.
One of the areas that I actually got to show Nicole was the aquarium area. She said that they hadn't been there before since getting the membership 2 months ago. It was nice to be able to show her something since she had been showing me everything before then. :-)
This aquarium had a shark in it that had just passed by when she took the picture. My camera is fast but not fast enough. You will note that Callen is no longer in his stroller. Yes, I planned ahead and so thankful I did. I borrowed this baby bjorn carrier from Jon and Kristine the night before "just in case" I would need it for the zoo. And of course within 30 min, he was tired of his stroller and wanted out. So I slipped on the carrier and he was happy as a clam snuggled up with mom.
All of the camels were out in picture view also. There were a bunch of them all cuddled up together. Which I don't know why b/c it was beautiful out.Thank you Nicole and Parker for inviting us...we had a great time and was so nice to do when there were no crowds and we could amble along as we pleased. And what a great thing for us to do the week before I have to head back to work. Callen may not remember this trip to the zoo at 7.5 weeks old, but I will.
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