Monkey See, Monkey Do!

This past Monday we took our annual trip down to the St. Louis Zoo. Although, I'm not sure if I can call it annual anymore since we didn't go last year. Oh well! We TRY to go every year. The girls last day of school was the 18th, so we hoped to get down there before St. Louis schools were done and before the weather was too hot! We waited in line a long time to get to the parking lot, but the zoo itself wasn't that busy.

We always have a great time! The girls absolutely love seeing the giraffes, and the elephants. The monkeys, orangutans and apes are a hit. But their absolute favorite is the penguins! And if it weren't so cold in their we could probably spend an hour watching them. But it's freezing so we don't!

Kiersten, Mitch and Hattie had been struck down by a stomach bug the week before. We thought that Leah was in the clear. But sadly, about halfway through our zoo trip, she started to feel queasy. We were so close to being done with the zoo, but she didn't think she could do it. She and I went back to the van. And sure enough she ended up getting sick. And proceeded to get sick the whole way home! Poor, kid! The other two were wiped out and fell asleep in no time!