Lions and Tigers and Bears, oh my!

Last Sunday we went to the LA Zoo. The zoo is not the easiest to navigate. It's very spread out and I seem to get lost everytime we're there. We've taken Zach before, but this was the first time he actually cared about seeing the animals and was excited about them. We thought it was going to be cold and gray, but it turned out to be a gorgeous day. Jeff almost wished he'd worn shorts for a minute!



There is a huge play area at the far end of the zoo, which we hit first. We figured we could see the big animals first and if the bug pooped out we'd just miss the little animals.



Zach loved the orangatangs! He must take after him mom! We stayed here for at least 20 minutes watching them play.


A few more animal pics



After the zoo, we went down the street a bit to Travel Town. It's a train museum where you can climb on actual trains and go inside the cars. Zach wasn't as enamored with that as we thought he would be. He much preferred the rocks that lay around the railroad tracks. I swear, this kid and rocks!
Jeff thought he'd really love this little train ride that goes around the outskirts of the museum and sounds like a real choo-choo. Daddy definitely got it right!


He loved every second of the train ride! He cheered and clapped and laughed and yelled "Choo Choo!" the entire time! In fact, when it was time to get off the train, the first thing he yelled was, "More!". OMG, it was so much fun to see him love it so much! What is it with boys and trains??