Thursday, April 18, 2013

Zoo Blooms!

We love April at The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Gardens! It is so beautiful with all the tulips in bloom. It is also a comical time, with droves of parents hauling their kids – cooperative and uncooperative – around for photos. Mine, unfortunately, erred on the uncooperative side today.

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Thrilled. Yep. Don’t they look thrilled to be plopped down on mulch and asked to smile? Picture perfect scenery…and all I can get are shot after shot of this…

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Nope. Not happening.

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Not amused.

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This is Benjamin’s new “smile.”

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“Please stop Mama!”

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But wait…is that a smile?

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Halleluiah!

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“OK, I am done now. Back in the wagon please.”

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Granted, it was 80 degrees and nap time…and Daddy was home sleeping. So, I consider myself lucky to have captured the moment on film…even if it wasn’t all smiles. Plus, we got to see this precious baby giraffe, Lulu. I can’t wait to see the baby gorilla and cheetah when they make their debuts!

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Benjamin admired the elephants and the tigers before we left our shortest zoo trip on record.

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Abby was so happy to hear we were going home to nap.

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