Walkin' Thru the Zoo

Today we took a walk through the zoo (anyone else got a song from Signing Time in their head right now?), 

had a wonderful time!

I'm constantly amazed at just how smart my kids are and what killer memories they have 

when it comes to animals.  

Willow Park Zoo isn't big, but its the sort of place where everybody knows your name. . . 

or at least Reese knows your name, and if she doesn't, will assign one to you.

No visit it complete without a 'howling' moment at the coyote house-

or kie-dee-yo-dee house, as Reese pronounces it. 

Reese gave us her best impression of a monkey. . . 

or a macaw. . . 

or maybe it was both.

This is the newly-named Evan.

Reese went tearing through the zoo,

anxious to see this guy, 

yelling his name at the top of her lungs.

Only thing was, I'm pretty sure he didn't have a clue he was supposed 

to respond since she decided on his name about five seconds earlier.

 And this is a turtle that was good enough
to let me snap several pictures of him before crawling away.

Hmm. . . 

It occurs to me that this post may appear as though we're a bit turtle/tortoise crazy.

Well, they are very nice little animals .

A [little] man with a mission!

Sigh.  

I really love this animal-crazy bunch!

And now, since I know you're dying to sing along,

here's the link to the Signing Time gang 

and Walking Thru the Zoo!

You'll be humming it for days.