Trip to the Columbus Zoo

When I asked my Dad what he thought we should see while we were in Ohio, he said that the Columbus Zoo is a great place to start. We got a screamin deal, thanks to Jackie's screamin deal prowess, and spent about 6 hours there. All the kids were such such good sports, through the humidity and all the walking. Truly. It was a great day.


This bell was making these cool gong sounds...

The night before we went to the movies and saw Kung Fu Panda 2, and so we were on the hunt for all the same animals that are in the movie. Tigress was much anticipated, and this tiger did not disappoint. As soon as our group came to the window she jumped from where she was resting to prowl back and forth repeatedly in front of the window, only to go rest as soon as we left and other groups came behind us. The timing was perfect, and she was definitely the star of the show. The kids just loved it!



















After seeing much more, we headed to some picnic tables to enjoy some lunch, and then headed off for all the bears. Check out the zoos bears compared to all of ours!



We ended the day by letting all the kids stand in front of these water spitting dinosaurs, and let them all get soaked. I was soaked and I never even stood in their water...eeew. It was a sweaty day, but it was worth it.



Afterwards we headed for McDonalds for some ice cream. Check out these cuties. They were playing while we were waiting for our ice cream order.


I don't think she was the only who felt like this after such a fun packed day. Next time we go back we need to see the other 3/4ths of the zoo that we didn't even get to that day!