My favorite princess

She came to visit the zoo y'all!

Disney Safari Day

Thursday's stop was Animal Kingdom.

It was pretty freaking awesome.

Dinosaurs, safari rides, and lots of animals!

Like this little baby deer thing.

So tiny!

 This boy and his dinosaurs.

He's a huge fan.

Huge.

 And this guy, he's a huge cow.

The biggest cow breed known to man.

According to our tour guide possibly the most useless cow ever.

 This little girl is in love with her paci.

See here?!

And she also liked the fish.

 I love gorillas.

I could sit and stare at them for days.

I love watching them move and interact with each other.

 This is Kevin from the movie Up.

If you don't know what I'm talking about go watch the Disney movie Up.

NOW.

Biggest bird on the planet.

 This is a hippo.

It was the ONLY animal Hayes asked to see all day long.

I was just so thankful we finally saw one!

We got to see a handful sunbathing and this guy who was waddling around as well!

Lots of crocodiles.

Lots of them.

In a creepy little pool of water sunbathing.

This tree grows branches that looked like roots.

Our guide explained that it held water that way.

Oh, this is a rare toddler who's not interested in the safari.

She liked her iTouch much better.

Giant animal with horns.

Did  y'all know there are multiple giraffe species?

Similar to birds, they vary in size, coloring, etc.

I had no idea... until Disney taught me.

Wildebeast, otherwise known as Mufasa killers.

 An elephant butt.

The giraffe.

Apparently they have a smaller species on property at Disney.

'Mingoes! (as Hayes would say)

'Mingoes are pink 'cause they eat shrimps.

He's so smart.

And possibly he's been watching Forrest Gump?

The  big rhino.

And his buddy.

Another large animal with horns.

Oh, atop Pride Rock we have a lion.

He was napping.

Clearly failing in his Circle of Life duties.

Giant ostrich eggs.

Zebras:  all patterned differently.

Just like us!

And a pretty little watering hole.

The Animal Kingdom was the best day we had at Disney.

Hayes and Elizabeth LOVED every minute of it.

I could have spent at least 2-3 more days there!

Apparently the shows there are all awesome, so we'll have to make plans to go back soon!



We went to the Zoo in June. It was busy.

 Waiting patiently for the line to go away so we can get into the Zoo.

The orangutan family snoozing in their hammock.

The red panda bear, who is alarmingly tiny compared to a typical panda bear.

Exiting the Zoo. 
I went DOWN the hill with the double stroller towards the zoo,
and then UP the hill wasn't NEARLY as much fun.
I'm sure my calorie burn was good though.
I pushed a 30 lbs stroller with 60 lbs of kid in it!

 Watching the gorillas play.

 Chatting with the gorillas.

 Over across the way at Meerkat Manor.
Or Timon's house as he said...

 He loved them all and found a NEW love for The Lion King after this trip.

I could have watched the gorillas walk around all day long.
They reminded me so much of Libby James and her crawling...

 A beautiful male Silverback gorilla.

 The giraffe family.

I would sufficiently say that Hayes enjoyed his trip to the zoo.

Hayes has asked EVERY SINGLE TIME we have gotten in the car since this zoo trip if we were going back to see the eeee mals at the zoo. 
I'm so ready to take the trip again. 
Maybe in the fall when the weather in Ga calms down again. 
The 100+ temps are NOT zoo friendly! 

I'm hoping we can go visit Yellow River Game Ranch sometime soon!