September in the Zoo

Three years running now, Shelley has joined her friend Laura at the Zoo in September. It's so nice to go in September because the crowds are much lesser, the temperatures are cooler and it's now a tradition. Keep it up. Since we've done this three years running, we've taken some photos in the exact same spots all three years. The last two years, there was a "crashed airplane" in this spot. They have removed the plane and put up a fence now. Darn! That plane was so much fun! But we still took our photo here.

Another place that Daphne has taken her photo all three years is standing next to this tree archway. And yes, she is sticking out her tongue... First year she could barely stand. Second year she gave us a model pose...and this year - it's the tongue sticking out.

Laura brought her son Oliver. He is about six months older than Jude, so next September the zoo trip will probably have to include Jude instead of Daphne. Or have Ian come along to help with the kids. Oliver and Daphne get along great, though. Here they were sharing a snack while we stopped to watch the lions play.

The Zoo was preparing for a big charity event scheduled for the upcoming weekend. At the event, the zoo was going to auction off paintings done by some of the animals. We happened to catch in action the artwork being painted by the turtles! We just missed the hippo painting!

Always a fun day at the zoo. Is it September 2010 yet?