August 30, 2013

I took my two youngest kids (14 and 16 years old) to the Minnesota Zoo. I spent much of the day trying to recreate a photo I had taken of my two oldest kids at the zoo when they were young, which proved more confusing than I expected (is it me, or are there more wolf and or wild dog sculptures than there used to be?).

The zoo had an African exhibit for this first time in quite a few years so we had the chance to see giraffes,

and ostriches!

Possibly our biggest treat was seeing the new tapir calf. FUN FACT: The calf was later named Amirah -- meaning "princess," through a public naming contest.