Elmwood Park Zoo

This morning we went to the Elmwood Park Zoo with our MOPS group. We had 10 moms come with 20+ kids and despite the hot and humid weather and the busy state of the zoo thanks to many local school fieldtrips, we all had a good time.

Nate was a bit tired during the trip and wanted to just sit in the stroller since it was a bit too crowded for his taste, but he claims "I had fun, Mom!" when I asked if he had a good time. Ben had fun and Abby had a good time trying out the big stroller without her infant carrier for the first time, too. She just looked around and took the whole event in, smiling and happy the majority of the time.

Here's our big girl sitting up in her stroller.



The vultures....this was actually pretty creepy. We were looking at the exhibit and then happened to glance up to find THIS, towering right over our heads!!!

Pony...

My favorite, the big woolly sheep.

Ben's favorite, the bison.

Benjamin checking out the prairie dogs. They are in one of his movies so he has been waiting to see them in person (although he has seen them before, he just didn't remember).

Some of the kids copping a squat in the grass for lunch since the picnic area was truly a ZOO with all the school fieldtrips eating lunch. This was a much nicer option. And it was shady. Win-win. :)

The Martin kids after lunch, revived from all of their goodies :)

Benjamin!

I loved the birds, even though I usually don't care much for birds. How ironic. I just always think the fancy birds at the zoo are so pretty :). The macaws, peacock and flamingos.

Ben as a green tree frog :)

Awww, Miss Abby got all tired out from the heat and all of the action. What a sigh of relief for Mommy so we could stay a bit longer than intended. :)