A Day at the Zoo

Saturday was such a beautiful day that we knew we wanted to spend it outside, so we decided to go down to Columbia, SC to the Riverbanks Zoo. Jason and Jenn had been there with Cody and really liked it, so we were excited about taking Emily to see the animals.

The zoo was really crowded (probably because of the perfect weather), but the layout was great--all of the animals were really close-up, so it was easy for Emily to see them and wave.

She did quite a bit of walking, even though we had the stroller--she's much more content when she can move around on her own, even if that means helping to push the stroller.

When we saw the carousel, Emily and Mick chose an anteater to ride on, and Emily got excited when it started to move. I think she enjoyed it, but wasn't quite this animated the entire ride.

She really liked the giraffes. They were so close at one point that she wanted to jump over the fence to play with them.

It started warming up toward the end of our visit, so Emily did some relaxing in the stroller while she blew kisses at the wallabies. There was an exhibit called the "Wallaby Walk," where you literally walked on a path right beside them.

By the time we got to the end, she was exhausted, and wasted no time falling asleep in the car!

We had a great time and will definitely go back!