Going on a Bear Giraffe Cow Hunt

Monday was a good day to hit the zoo. Not only did we have beautiful weather, but we had "educational purpose" in our adventure that day. Wesley formally started "informal" preschool on Monday with a teacher that looks, acts and sounds a lot like his Mama. I was turned on to a pre-preschool curriculum and decided to give it a shot. (When I told Jack we were going to play school that morning he instantly started referring to me as "teacher.) Week one has been good. The weekly theme is cows so before we were zoo bound we crawled around the living room pretending to be cows...mooing, eating grass, you know, all those things cows do.


The farm is deep into the zoo so we had to see some of the other exhibits before heading out to look at cows. The newest feature is a playground that reflects many of the characteristics of Minnesota; fishing, the north shore, bears (really? I didn't know Minnesota was known for bears) and mosquitoes (there is a 5-foot tall mosquito that the kids can climb on...only in Minnesota).

It sure would have been nice if this kid I don't know hadn't been in the boat.

He finally got to drive.

Jack practiced casting.

And patience.

We're going on a bear hunt, we're going to catch a big one...

One shiny wet nose. Two big furry ears. Two big goggly eyes.

It's a bear!!!!!

The strawberry birds return.

Jack found a new home.

And then we found the water.

And a real bear...

or two.

On our way to the farm we saw the giraffe.

People feed him a lot so he comes close whenever there are people near the fence.

And we finally made it to the farm. Unfortunately we missed the milking demonstration. It probably had something to do with the many many times we had to stop on the way out there so that someone could get into and then out of and then back into the stroller because it was just too far to walk.

On the final stretch of our adventure we saw some turtles sunbathing on a log.

I think these were Jack's favorite animals to see.

Goodbye zoo.

Hello car & naptime. By the way, this is not a triple stroller.