Today Casey and I loaded the girls in the car, left his dad home with the dogs, and headed to Colorado Springs for some family fun. Only fitting when Casey took 2 weeks off work and spent all but 1 1/2 days working on the house/yard. But before we went, I decided to make breakfast, which turned into an all girls thing. Jacqueline loves to help, and in turn, Leah does too. If one wants to do something, so does the other, isn't that how it always works with kids?
We went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, which is seriously on the side of the mountain, and they have about 12 giraffes, if not closer to 15. And you can feed them too! When you start out, you are elevated at the giraffe's height, and they all hang out because they know they can get treats. Their tongues are really long!
Jacqueline caught a bird in the aviary! So did I (on my head!), but didn't get a picture of that one!
There was a tunnel sort of thing for the kids to play in and Jacqueline had fun playing in it.
After the zoo we were going to see Seven Falls (7 waterfalls with hiking trails, I've heard it's really neat), but it looked like it was going to rain, so instead we stopped at a Visitors' Center that had activities for kids to go to the bathroom and change a diaper. It ended up being a good choice because we would have gotten a soaked while seeing the falls.
I think this was the first time (at least in a long time!) that I have seen a hippo out of water! At the Denver Zoo, they are always either in the water inside, or out. This one was on his way to the water, and then later we saw them inside, out of the water, eating.
It was a long day, and poor Leah was too tired to stay awake for the monkeys and penguins!
This orangutan, and the other in this cage, had shirts that they were wearing. It was so funny!
After we left the zoo around 2:30, we hadn't eaten lunch, so we stopped for subs from Jimmy Johns, and shared them with the girls in Garden of the Gods. Leah and I lost Jacqueline and Casey after we ate because they took off before we did, and Leah wanted to walk, so we were pretty slow. After searching for a while, I took the opportunity to pose Leah in a few spots. This was on of my favorite pictures!
After we found them, and were walking the long way to the parking lot, I offered to take a picture for a family vacationing from Omaha. Their camera battery died, so I took the picture with my camera and emailed it to them. When they moved on, Jacqueline wanted me to take her picture too. I love her cheesy smile!
Casey was going to take a picture of me with the girls, but a nice lady offered to take a picture of the 4 of us. The matching wasn't all planned.... I put Leah in purple after I was dressed, but Jacqueline and Casey just happened to match on their own. :)
On the way home, the girls and I fell asleep, which is very typical on car rides for our family! :) We had a great day and I look forward to future trips to Colo Springs because there really is a lot to do there! And honestly, Garden of the Gods never gets old!
We went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo, which is seriously on the side of the mountain, and they have about 12 giraffes, if not closer to 15. And you can feed them too! When you start out, you are elevated at the giraffe's height, and they all hang out because they know they can get treats. Their tongues are really long!
Jacqueline caught a bird in the aviary! So did I (on my head!), but didn't get a picture of that one!
There was a tunnel sort of thing for the kids to play in and Jacqueline had fun playing in it.
After the zoo we were going to see Seven Falls (7 waterfalls with hiking trails, I've heard it's really neat), but it looked like it was going to rain, so instead we stopped at a Visitors' Center that had activities for kids to go to the bathroom and change a diaper. It ended up being a good choice because we would have gotten a soaked while seeing the falls.
I think this was the first time (at least in a long time!) that I have seen a hippo out of water! At the Denver Zoo, they are always either in the water inside, or out. This one was on his way to the water, and then later we saw them inside, out of the water, eating.
It was a long day, and poor Leah was too tired to stay awake for the monkeys and penguins!
This orangutan, and the other in this cage, had shirts that they were wearing. It was so funny!
After we left the zoo around 2:30, we hadn't eaten lunch, so we stopped for subs from Jimmy Johns, and shared them with the girls in Garden of the Gods. Leah and I lost Jacqueline and Casey after we ate because they took off before we did, and Leah wanted to walk, so we were pretty slow. After searching for a while, I took the opportunity to pose Leah in a few spots. This was on of my favorite pictures!
After we found them, and were walking the long way to the parking lot, I offered to take a picture for a family vacationing from Omaha. Their camera battery died, so I took the picture with my camera and emailed it to them. When they moved on, Jacqueline wanted me to take her picture too. I love her cheesy smile!
Casey was going to take a picture of me with the girls, but a nice lady offered to take a picture of the 4 of us. The matching wasn't all planned.... I put Leah in purple after I was dressed, but Jacqueline and Casey just happened to match on their own. :)
On the way home, the girls and I fell asleep, which is very typical on car rides for our family! :) We had a great day and I look forward to future trips to Colo Springs because there really is a lot to do there! And honestly, Garden of the Gods never gets old!
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