The Growing Caldwell Family

We spent a super-fun afternoon at the zoo! We hadn't been in a long time and it was a lot of fun to see the animals and remind the kids of how much they loved the zoo as toddlers.  We enjoyed the new elephant enclosure and the chance to sit and watch Sarah Graves' favorite animal! They were out and about giving us a lot to look at! The giraffes were too! They looked so majestic munching on leaves.  We spent a lot of time walking through the slimy critters area checking out turtles, snakes, and some other reptiles.  The kids wanted to pose with the statue of Willie B. Charlie says gorillas are his favorite animal. The ones in the enclosure were kind of far away taking naps! They were still happy to climb in the giant bird's nest! Charlie has a red panda stuffed animal he loves called Red Red, so we had to spend time watching this guy climb all over his area.  Had to check out the pandas!  The playground used to be the focal point of their zoo experience, but we r...

Sunday morning we decided to ignore all the things that we should do and have a fun morning at the zoo! We spent the most time at the playground, bounce house, and carousel, but we did check out a few animals.  Most of them were napping in the shade when we came by.  It was a great day to be outside and so cool for early August in Atlanta!  Who would imagine a pleasant day outside this time of year! Charlie's first time riding the carousel! She loves the teeter totter!