Zoo Atlanta

Last year our birthday trip was to The Georgia Aquarium. This year we went to Zoo Atlanta. There is one bad thing about Parker's birthday, and it is that it falls during Spring Break week around here. So both the aquarium last year and the zoo this year were unbelievably packed. We pulled into the zoo parking lot, and literally had no spots there, so we had to park on a residential street and walk to the zoo. So of course, all of the exhibits were pretty crammed, but we still had a very good time, and pushed our way to the front so we got to see everything. We spent the whole day, it was beautiful outside, and we really did have a good time. Parker enjoyed himself, so to me, that is the most important part.

Parker looking at the "Where the Wild Things Are" character. He was not a fan.


Waiting for the "Eefans" to come out.


Flamingos


Those of you who know about my fear of birds, know that this was a huge deal for me. Birds scare me to death, but I wanted to see Parker in there and watch him feed the birds and take pictures and video. So I just pretended that I was somewhere else, and sucked it up. I have to admit, I had a stomach full of knots, but I'm glad that I did it.




Wart hogs, gross


We went back to the elephants, and they were out. Parker tried to get through the fence to them more than once. He even said "come eeere eefans" and acted like he was going to give them a treat.



Lions. They weren't very active, but Parker thought they were cool all the same.



Our $25 pizza. Wow talk about over priced, but it was still good, and golly did Parker love it. He devoured it, not an exaggeration.






Parker and Willie B




Gorilla's. This was definitely the most crowded of all of the exhibits. At one point I couldn't even get to Parker and had to squat down and push people out of the way to get to him. But he thought it was very cool.




He did not want to take pictures with his Mommy...poor me.




Dragon, it was walking around all over the place, pretty cool.


The petting zoo. We had to wait in line for over 20 minutes, and it was just some pigs and goats. I wasn't very impressed, but oh boy did Parker love it. He brushed the pigs and the goats, and would bend down right in their faces and wave at them and tell them "hi goat...pig...etc".








Carousal





Waiting for the train ride. We waited here for probably 30 minutes if not a little longer, and the ride was only about 3-4 minutes long. Parker said right when I took this picture, "Mommy, it's Parker's turn, and Momma's turn, and Daddy's turn, and PARKER'S turn??". Yes it was, thank god.


I've got some handsome men don't I?


Passed out asleep on the way home, this was nap time for the day, so we drove very slow.