We're going to the zoo-zoo-zoo!

...How 'bout you, you, you? /

You can come too, too, too! /

We're goin' to the zoo, zoo, zoo!

Thanks, Raffi, for that little intro.

Here are some pictures of our $5 family ZOO TRIP!! Wahoo!!

Rychen P. loved this guy. Monkeys are so charismatic! One silly orangutan was eating leaves and smeared the chewed-up goo all over the glass! They sit in front of the window and just watch us....almost like they think we are the exhibit!

This weird creature is a cross between an alligator and a dinosaur... and check out his FINGERS! So so freaky.

Don't even get me started on bats. They are so strange, I just don't get them. But here's an interesting fact we learned: they hang upside down until they have to poop. Then they turn over, fully-stretched out by their arms, and then poop, then resume their blood-rush-to-the-head position.

And who can forget the polar bear? Rychen P. just stood at the glass, silent and still, staring at this huge beast.

I am so impressed that zoos in the U.S. can imitate other habitats. Does your zoo have penguins?

My personal favorite is the giraffe. They are such a marvel! So elegant, graceful ... in a clown suit! Really, they're just beautiful.

Rychen P. showed the most interest in the elephants. Funny creatures just pace back and forth. But they are so smart too! It was really hot, and the baby elephant went to the puddle of water, used his trunk to suck up the water, and then sprayed it on his back!! How awesome is that. We totally need to get equipped with trunks in the resurrection.

And now, if you made it to the end, here are our token silly pictures demonstrating how stinking small we are compared to these superior creatures...