Wildlife World Zoo

We wrapped up our spring break week with a trip to the Wildlife World Zoo in Glendale.

Today's weather was perfect. Overcast, but nice enough for shorts and flip flops.

This is in the aquarium part of the zoo.

Tage was a scaredy cat and wouldn't touch the sting rays. This is when we bribed him and told him he could go on the flume ride if he touches one. Well, he didn't ever touch one. He attempted to put his fingers in the water but as they would get close he would freak out and pull his hand away. Oh well. We were nice and still let him go on the ride. So that was his highlight of the day......going down the log flume ride....alone. I didn't get a picture, it happened too fast. Basically, it is a log water ride that goes up 3 stories high and then splashes down fast getting wet as you hit the bottom. He thought it was fun and wanted to go again, but for $6.00 per person we told him no.

Emmry seemed to love the petting zoo. Heck.....who wouldn't?! For a girl who loves animals and for them to come to her instead of running or flying away, she was loving it!

Both kids seemed to like feeding the giraffes. Emmry even thought it was fun to touch his tongue. Gross!

One of Emmry's flip flops accidentally fell down on a ledge between us and the giraffes. I couldn't quite reach it so Ty snuck in and hopped a fence to get a shovel to push it over to us where we could reach it. For a moment there I thought that she would be shoe-less the rest of the time. Thank heavens for Ty who saved the day. (plus those were brand new flip flops! It was her first time wearing them!)

Overall, it was a fun family outing to the zoo. A pricey one, ($36/adult and $28/child over 2) but a good one. I just tell Ty that we are creating memories with that money and that seems to ease the pain of the bill.