Summer-O-Fun... take 1

This may come as a surprise to some... those people who don't know us AT ALL, anyway... We went to the zoo. The news here is that we went to the Denver zoo, not the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. We met our friends, the Smiths, so they could show us around the zoo in their neck of the woods (as we took a few turns escorting them around the zoo in ours... or OUR zoo as we commonly refer to it... ha, ha). They have animals that we don't have. For example, red pandas (Kristy's favorite)... Camels...

Polar bears...

Very friendly polar bears who stand on their hind legs and let us compare heights with them...

Ok, just kidding. What? You couldn't tell that was a cutout? Obviously our little ones have a way to go...

Seals...

Elephants...

Oh. Just kidding. We have elephants. I just thought this elephant was so funny. She looked like she had a little too much to drink (not the tipsy-kind-of-too-much-to-drink, just the too-much-for-your-bladder-to-hold and you have to cross your legs and hold it while looking for the nearest restroom...)

Then Aiden found a matching-shirt-twin. Actually his matching-shirt-twin found him. It was cute, the little boy came running up and just stood in front of Aiden not saying a word. He just knew that words were not necessary. And he was right. Aiden simply gasped, cheered, and hugged his instant buddy. Then their proud moms took pictures to document their little meeting. :)

And finally, we found a gorilla on the loose that turned out to be no match for my two little animal tamers... (He doesn't look happy about it!) ;)
It was a fun day. Thanks Smiths! Too bad we waited so long and only got one chance to go with you before you moved far away to Alabama. Maybe one of these days you'll be back. Or maybe there's a cool zoo down there we'll have to come check out... In the winter, of course! The Denver Zoo was hot enough for us! We miss you already!