4th of July!

We went to the zoo on the morning of the 4th of July.  

One of the first things we happened to see was the bald eagle.  Perfect for the 4th!

The boys wanted their picture with the tortoise statue and the real tortoise. 

Isaac just loves to see himself in a picture.  

I took these trying to kill time while we were waiting at the cheetah encounter. The zoo has a cheetah that lives with his best friend, a black lab, that they walk out so you can meet them. 

Isaac loved playing in the water at the zoo. 

How cute is he?

We even got to ride the ponies with no line.

Isaac had to change into something dry.

He didn't make it out of the zoo without a little nap though.

We wanted to go home and let this poor little guy rest, but we couldn't leave without first riding the merry-go-round. The first time we went in the nest. 

I did a really good job spinning us. 

Tahl makes the best faces. 

He actually loved it, but he does look stressed here. 

The second time, they just picked animals to ride. 

Tahl wanted to ride the giraffe so bad; he didn't even care that it didn't go up and down.

Maybe that was a good thing after his time on the nest. 

We went home so Isaac could nap while the rest of us went swimming.  Zev was dressed perfectly. 

We did some poppers and sparkler before bed, but I was too busy having fun to take any pictures.  Maybe next year the guys will be ready to go see fireworks and stay up late.