Field trip to the zoo

Now that I have more time on my hands, I volunteered to accompany Mira's first grade class to the Minnesota Zoo this past Thursday! It was a lovely day to visit the zoo: calm, cloudy, 70 degrees. Really nice!

Mira with her classmates Mariah and Damaria (and the monkeys!):
Damaria, Alexa, and Mira with the fish:
Mariah, Mira, Claire, and Damaria in a cave!
In front of the Lorax. They had a bunch of bronz statues of Dr. Suess characters at the zoo to find:
Sea otter!
Mira in a dinosaur head!
Mira trying to touch sting ray and shark in a tank. This was her favorite part of the trip!
Flying with the Grinch:
It was a fun, but very quick afternoon. We arrived at the zoo at 10:45 and needed to be back on the bus by 2:15. Unfortunately, because of the zoo remodel, many exhibits were closed, like the bat cave, snake area, brown bear exhibit, and the dolphins chose not to swim where we could see them. So we didn't get to see a lot of the zoo. We'll have to head back when the penguin exhibit is open and check them out!