A Day At The Zoo

We took Kelsey to the Minnesota Zoo on Friday. She is kind of goofy with animals because sometimes she is fine with them and wants to get up close, but other times she gets very scared if they get close to her. For the most part I would say she did pretty good. Our tour guide mapped out the day for us and we were ready to see the animals!


She really liked the area where you could get right up to the glass and the fish would swim right by you. She kept saying" ooohhhh, big fish!"



She wasn't too sure about the butterfly garden. We thought she would love it, but she actually seemed nervous. When a butterfly got close to her, she tried hard to dodge it. We were ok getting out of there though because it was extremely hot inside!


Next up we saw the dolphin. She was scared if the dolphin appeared to be swimming toward her, but did watch it make its way around the tank.

Here we are by the sea otter and the bears.


She only asked for a few specific animals to see all day and the tiger was one of them. Unfortunately the area for the tiger was so big that it was hard for her to see it.


She did like the prairie dogs! She has a book that says "prairie dog, prairie dog, what do you see?" and I think she made the connection between the two.

I would say the highlight of the day was the farm area. Kelsey absolutely loves "piggies" as she calls them and it was by far her favorite animal to see. She also brushed the goat while at the farm, too.



Our last stop for the day was the Splash Zone. It is an area where water shoots out and the kids can splash around. We were warned about this and thankfully brought a change of clothes so Kelsey could cool off.


It was a very fun family day! I have looked forward to going since we got off of school since last summer we weren't sure how much she would have gotten out of it. By the time we got home, we were all pretty tired which made for an early night in the Skala house.