Lions, and Tigers, and Bears...Oh My!

Two Saturdays ago we, along with Christopher's sister Jen, her hubby Jeremy, and his other sister Heather, took Dawson to the zoo. It was a VERY hot day (right around the 100's) but we went close to when it opened and were done after a few hours. Hogle Zoo is nice because it has most of the main animals there but it's not very big so you can get it done in like, 3 hours easy. It was fun this time with Dawson because he could recognize the different types of animals and would make various animal noises when he saw them. My favorite animal there was the baby orangutan. I swear, her and Dawson had this little connection. As soon as we got up to the glass Dawson put his face up against it and the baby orangutan came right up and did the same thing on the other side of the glass. They just stared and smiled at each other. Then she (her name was Eve), would go and show off swinging and playing and somersaulting....she was adorable. Then when Dawson went up to the glass a second time, she came right up to where he was and put her face up against the window. I had to see if it was a fluke, so I walked away with Dawson (and she went off to play), then cam back with him and stood in yet a different spot and within a minute she was right in front of Dawson again! It was so cute to watch the two of them. Dawson came home with a little $3 plastic elephant and now walks around the house with it making elephant noises. I can't wait to take him back, because he had so much fun...but I am thinking maybe it will be closer to fall when it's a bit cooler!!!