Tuesday, June 3, 2014

we bought a zoo! (membership)

We are busy plowing through our summer bucket list at the Lenney house. This weekend we loaded up the fam, along with sister Meredith and Mr. Kendall, and headed to the Dallas Zoo. I'm a little embarrassed to say that even though we live in Dallas, we had never taken the boys here. In fact, the Hubs and I hadn't been in almost ten years. Whoops. Being TCU graduates and all, we are Fort Worth Zoo snobs because, well, it's awesome.

If you live near the area and haven't been in awhile, I highly recommend that you check it out. They've made some major improvements. We had a great time checking out the exhibits, splashing in the kids area, riding the monorail and carousel, touching a snake, and best of all, Henry got to feed a giraffe. Have you ever seen one up close? Their heads are ginormous.

Dallas Zoo trip
brilliant zoo tip: dress your kid in bright colors and stripes to very quickly locate him in the crowd.
it also seems to attract animal attention, which was awesome.

Dallas Zoo trip
swinging between the two suckers, I mean, willing participants.

Dallas Zoo trip snake
he was totally brave, as long as I touched it first.
sidebar- I know you're not reading this blog for fashion advice,
but check the related links below for info on my minty dream fossil watch and shorts!
the mint glasses are from Target

Dallas Zoo trip tortise
that face

Dallas Zoo trip elephant fountain
riding high

Dallas Zoo trip ape
watching momma and baby apes

Dallas Zoo trip baby ape
I can relate, momma.

Dallas Zoo trip elephant
I love all the statue photo ops

Dallas Zoo trip feed giraffe
best part of the trip

Dallas Zoo trip gorilla deep thoughts
deep thoughts with gorillas

Dallas Zoo trip chomp
chomp

Dallas Zoo trip family photo
holy crap, a family photo where nobody is screaming!

momma, we're going faaaaaster!

Dallas Zoo trip splash
this kid


This post was mostly an excuse to show cute pictures of Henry. Max was just happy to be outside, rolling along in the stroller.

We just happened to get a coupon in the mail for a discounted family membership, so it will pay for itself in 2 visits. Just $89 for a full year, including parking. Score. I love a good deal.

What are you guys up to this summer? Any good zoos in your hometown?


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