Reflections of the Rasmussens: The St. Louis Zoo

When we told Alex we were going to the Zoo to look at animals, he had a very specific list of the animals he wanted to visit:

Lions

Monkey George

(monkeys, because he loves his Easter Curious George book from Grandma and Grandpa)

Seals

Penguins

It was cold and rainy, but we were determined to make it to all these animals AND see the stingray exhibit (see the next entry). First, we went to Cat Country.

Then, we went to see the monkeys, and they were all a lot of fun. Some of them were very, very curious about Grace.

Childrenae Rasmussenum

(a.k.a. Our little monkeys)

This monkey was having a lot of fun playing with his toy.

Super-duper long tailed and haired monkey.

Next, we grabbed some lunch to take cover from the rain, and then went to watch the Sea Lions eat their lunch!

Alex was into it, and was listening intently to the Zookeeper who had a microphone on and told the onlookers some fun facts about Sea Lions.

Like...when sea lions eat their fish, they flip them around and swallow them head first because that is the direction of the fish's scales, and that way they don't get caught in their throat.

Grandma Pam and Grace watch the Sea Lions.

We then made our way over to the Penguin exhibit, but sadly, it was closed for the day!

Luckily, there were some penguins on the outside, so we took cover under a tree and watched them for a few minutes.

Mom disclosure: I am aware that my daughter does not have any socks and shoes on. We gave it three attempts and she made it clear to us that she had no desire to wear socks and shoes even if it was cold and rainy.

Then, we were fortunate receivers of some goodwill. A very nice family offered to give us some train passes that they weren't going to be able to use. Mom volunteered to walk the stroller back to the front of the zoo and meet us so we could all take a train ride (the conductor would not allow our gigantic stroller onto the train).