38 degrees (woohoo!)
With the weather so temperate (as evidenced by the multiple crowded parking lots), we started outdoors with the amur tigers.
I was trying to get a picture of the frost and snow on this camel's muzzle, but it doesn't show up very well.
I loved that this brown bear looked like he was buried in snow, or peaking out of a snow fort. 
More evidence that the more you go to the zoo, the more you learn. Allie and I had thought that there was only one komodo dragon. When we saw this guy we almost thought it was a different species in the dragon's exhibit. But there are two young komodo dragons!
It certainly seemed like a lazy Sunday morning for Tia and Bailey. It reminds me of a weekend morning before kids!
This week, not only was the red panda awake, but we got to see his or her drowsy face!
I love noticing all the different ways that the animals get fed at the zoo.
We haven't had a chance to see a fisher up and about for awhile! He seemed unphased by the unhappy kiddo on the Minnesota Trail as he settled back in for a nap.
While the sun brought lots of zoo visitors out, the sun had a different effect on lots of animals -- see a pattern here? Maybe after a zoo visit seeing sleepy animals you could talk about it at bedtime and read a book about animals going to sleep. The favorite at our house was Time for Bed, by Mem Fox. I love the illustrations in that book. You could also sing a song about animals going to bed - like Laurie Berkner's "Goodnight."
It's official, I am obsessed with this snow monkey. At our last visit we noticed her, and maybe one other snow monkey, having patches of hair missing on her head. We're hoping it was the zoo keepers doing something to keep them healthy!
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