Another zoo day (with a prehistoric surprise)!

We are really loving our zoo pass. It is a wonderful thing to have and we get to just hop on the freeway and go to the zoo whenever we feel like it! Now that it's getting colder, it's harder to convince ourselves to get out and go to the zoo, but whenever we go, we have a wonderful time! On our last trip, the animals were in rare form. Although, once again, we didn't see the lions (it's been a while since we've seen them when we've been there), but the animals we saw were great! The black bear was doing circus tricks, the alligator was staring at us, and the polar bear was letting us get a nice close look! And by the way, the naked mole rats are one of Caden's absolute favorite things to look at!

Nigel and Caden love the hollow log =)

I absolutely love these 3 guys more than anything else on this Earth. My heart is overflowing with love and happiness =)

Nigel, Brock and a sea lion! Brock loves these sea lions because they're ALWAYS swimming right up to the window!

And now, the prehistoric surprise.......DINOSAURS =) The zoo put on a great dinosaur exhibit that Caden BEGGED us to take him through. Once we got in there, he wanted out immediately. It definitely scared him a little, but he warmed up to the big monsters and we had a lot of fun!

There were a few "spitters" and Nigel got hit a couple of times =)

Gosh, they're all so cute! Well, maybe not the dinosaur!

See the look on Caden's face?!? I had to FORCE him to take a picture with me. He was freaked out by that prehistoric crocodile!

And here's the big guy.....Gigantosaurus! Honestly, that's what it's called. And it's a real dinosaur. I thought it was a joke, so I googled it, and sure enough, it's real. It was HUGE!!!!

Nigel thrills Caden to no end. He's always crazy and silly and full of adventure and it makes Caden laugh all the time.

And Brock had a great time, too! He is so incredibly adorable!

This was our attempt at a family photo - hey, we're all in it =)

So, we decided to do a photo booth instead! The scanner picked out each individual picture even though they're on a strip, but you can see them a little bigger. And the first picture, apparently there was something on the picture or the scanner, because that was definitely not on my forehead =)