She was more than happy to check out the peep holes into the prairie dog exhibit. Unfortunately, she was too short to actually see into the enclosure. And I was definitely too big to get in there to help her. She was still pretty impressed. As the first animal we visited, this was also one of her favorites.
She also loved the farm animals. Maybe it was because she could recognize them. ("It's a pig! Taking a nap!" "It's a cow!" "Look at the horse!" Or maybe because their "habitat" is a stall in a barn, it was easier to spot them. But she was the most excited here.She enjoyed the gibbon, which was the only animal that really did anything, but was equally impressed by the small statue of the elephant within the gibbon's space.
But, being Kiddo, her favorite part was this fountain:
And, I remembered just before we left that there was a train ride, so we took that too. That was also popular. "It's a train! We are going so fast!" she cried with joy (as we pulled out of the station slowly enough for me to have been able to walk faster). Here we are on the train with my walking partner, and Kiddo's great friend (mine too).
But the outing was clearly a success because the trip ended like this:
What a sweet, exhausted, little girl.
