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Date at the Zoo

Cambry and I had a date at the zoo yesterday! I had been planning it for a week, so when yesterday arrived, Cambry was super excited! We dropped Delaney off at Amy's (thanks!), and headed to Wichita around noon. Just having Cambry was quite a treat, and I hope that she was happy to spend some one-on-one time with me, too!

Cambry enjoyed looking at the maps almost as much as watching the animals! We had to stop at every single one!


One of the tigers was pacing back and forth by the glass. It was fun to see it come back over and over!


Such a treat -- there's a baby chimpanzee at the zoo! This was by far our favorite stop. The baby reminded me so much of a human baby -- it stumbled when it tried to walk, it got scared and clung to its mother when the other chimps got too loud, it tried certain things over and over again. We loved watching this baby! And, I just found out from our zoo map that the baby was born in August. She (or he) is the same age as Delaney!


Flamingoes!


We had to make a stop at Freddy's on the way home. What's a zoo trip without ice cream afterwards??

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