A Winter Trip to the Zoo!

It was kind of snowy and cold today, but since we skipped our usual Saturday outing (a trip to the Library and then to the Grocery Store) I felt like we needed to get out of the house for a bit. So we decided to go to the zoo. Our zoo has two indoor exhibit spaces, the "Tropics" and the "Discovery Barn".

We went to the Tropics first where Michael tried to blend in with a White-Cheeked Gibbon.


Then we saw the sweetest Mommy and Baby Monkeys.

They were so sweet to watch. It just reminded me how we are both mammals and what that means. According to the zoo's website the baby was born on "Wednesday, November 4, 2009. A first in the new Tropics exhibit, a new Blue Monkey baby was born to mom Mom, Abby, who came to K.C. from the Omaha Zoo, and Dad, Indigo, who hails from Texas. Abby and Indigo just met this spring and have bonded quite quickly, finally becoming a family in Fall 2009." They were are really sweet family unit.

After the Tropics we headed over to the Discovery Barn where Greyson got to run around. He loved the "Highlighter Monkeys" - sorry I don't remember what they are called...

Greyson and the Monkey share a moment.

Seriously, this Monkey and Greyson played together for a good 15 minutes.


Then Greyson practiced his climbing.


And we finished off the day with several trips down the Froggy Slide. He would not go down on his bum, but loved going down on his tummy.


It was a really nice trip. We had the place almost to ourselves. I can't wait to do it again.