Saturday Trip to the Zoo!

Saturday (9/15/12) we decided to take a little family trip to the zoo.  Despite being a little hotter than we would like, it turned out to be a fun little family adventure.  Niabi Zoo is just a smaller one about 25 minutes from us in Coal Valley, IL.   We're not big on walking around forever in the hot sun though so it was the perfect size for us!  Plus, the enclosures were a bit smaller so the animals were all pretty close, so that was pretty cool!  All in all we had a fun day spending some quality family time together!

Colton loved hanging onto the railing (with me death gripping him, of course) and staring at the fish and ducks below.

Colton was even nervous of the fake animals.  Silly kiddo.

Jon helping Colton take a gander at the sheep, which Colton, of course, was terrified of.

We learned that he loves staring at animals from a far, but just hates when he gets too close!

Jon helping Colton cool off in the fountain.