Go!

The girls are out of school this week and, according to weather reports, it’s supposed to rain every day except today.

So we - and apparently everyone else in the county, judging by the sold out time slots - hightailed it to the SB Zoo for a few hours of breezy, chilly sunshine. 

 Baby Pauline is almost as big as her mom now

I was afraid we wouldn’t see much of the animals since they are more active in the morning (our time slot was noon-30). Maybe it was the cooler weather or just plain luck, but we saw lots of animal antics, 

 Marta is behind mom, getting a bath

including Baby Marta running up the tree-walk after mom. I was too entranced watching to get photos in time. So cute!

 Giraffe, with gratuitous lion b*tt

The girls fed Audrey -

actually Leanne fed her while Jac watched, 

Jac’s still a little intimidated by the giraffes;

we saw the Kookaburras (my favorite of the zoo’s birds) and Tawny Frogmouth getting fed in their spacious new exhibit;

and the girls got to admire “their” Axolotl for the first time since they became its Foster Feeder. 

Who knew a salamander could bring such joy??

The end.