Zoo life...

Tuesday we went to the zoo, just Madi, Kyah and me. We got there early before it was too hot or too crowded and all the animals were out playing. Here is Zuri hanging out with her mom. It is so fun when there are baby animals at the zoo. Zuri turned two in August. Elephants aren't fully grown until they are 25! Miss Madi...

This is Madi's new cheeser. If I tell her to smile when I am taking a picture this is what I get. :D

Nap time...

Miss Kyah...

No pictures of them but we stayed and watched the tigers for probably half an hour. We have five at our zoo. The mom and her three cubs in one cage and their dad in another. All three cubs are boys. They turned one in July and will stay with their mom until they are two and then they will go to other zoos. Two of the cubs were playing and wrestling with each other right at the fencing so they were only about five feet away. They were so fun to watch. The other was up a little higher and watching them and eventually joined. Every so often one of the cubs would go to their mom and love on her and then go play again. It was awesome to watch them interact. Tigers are generally solitary animals and only come together for about a week for mating. The cubs all weigh about 300 pounds and they still have a full year to grow. They can get up to 700 lbs. Their mom if 250 and their dad is 480. It was crazy to think they will still get much bigger because they looked really big.

We had a great time and Kyah already wants to go back. I can't wait until 2012 when they open the new Rocky Shores exhibit. It will almost double our zoo! I love to see all the animals and Madi enjoys it too.