We're Going to The Zoo Zoo Zoo...

Between our summer vacation and Derek's first day of school we had two weeks to spend together. We decided to take a road trip to the St. Louis Zoo. Before this trip Peyson knew what a dog was and what sound a dog makes. He had other toy animals but never found interest in them. Now he plays with them all the time and knows what sounds they make too.


I think we picked the hottest day of the summer. It was hot. It was humid. We were melting.


According to Peyson, the zebras were "horsees."


The giraffes were by far Peyson's favorite. He couldn't take his eyes off them. He cried when we tried to leave so we stayed a little longer. This giraffe was eating and he kept sticking his tongue out SO far. It was so funny!



We watched the hippos forever! They just kept going back and forth. Once Peyson realized what they were doing he waited and knew when they were going to come again. I think he was more excited about the fish in the tank than the hippos.


Can't forget the elephants.



The monkeys put on a good show...chasing each other, scaling the rocks, summer salts. Peyson loved it.



What a fun day!


And he's out...just like every long day's end.