Megan gave our family zoo passes, and we are stoked!
We went today, and had the best time.
Partly because it was totally free, partly because it was our whole family, and partly because our kids are at really fun ages to go to the zoo.
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Look at the little joey in my “pocket”.
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The hippos were the highlight of our day.
We had front row seats to a baby hippo swimming all over the place.
The kids were so excited about it, and I was too — as I fed the Pips in my pocket.
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My kids were totally excited to see the “Polar Bear Plunge” since we had our very own plunge a few nights before.
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This exhibit is new, and the kids had a blast playing on all of the different things that were in it.
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We got there late in the day, and our kids were pretty cold.
Thank goodness that Micah made me bring sweatshirts.
I had thought about it, but literally thought “oh…a little cold will just make our kids tough.”
Good thing he said something because it was COLD!
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Scout was dying to go on the overhead tram, and I was glad we did since the walk back for Micah and the Pips was about 20 minutes long.
Since we did the tram in the dark, my kids were loving seeing the airplanes fly at our same level, and all of the bright Christmas lights that are still up everywhere.
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All three of these kids were perfect.
They were all polite, good, nice to one another and didn’t beg for a thing to buy!
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Dear Brockbanks,
You could not have gotten us a better present!
Love, Us.