Friday, April 24, 2009

Friday: Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium

It was Raeden's 4th Birthday! Happy Birthday, Rae! We spent the day with Aaron, Dani, Rae and Reece at the zoo. It had been several years since I'd been to the PDZA and it was really fun!
It wasn't the warmest day in the world. Reece stayed nice and warm though, all bundled up in her stroller.Is that Horton I see? Marina was trying to catch up with the peacock so dad could get a picture of the two beautiful birds.
One of the coolest animals we saw was the polar bears. This big guy was swimming all around in the water. He would swim right by the window and give the kids a good stare. Hungry, Mr. Polar Bear? Marina & Rae both have just a little bit of growing to do before they are as tall as a polar bear. Keep eating those Wheaties! Snack time!Reece just wanted to walk and walk and walk!
And walk!
Grandma and Reece. When she was taking a little break from walking.
The Marine Discovery Center was open and they had lots of critters in the touch-tank. All of the kids enjoyed touching seastars, sea cucumbers, urchins and anemones.
We spent quite a while in the aquarium watching the fish. One of the zookeepers was feeding the reef fish and talked to us for a while about the different fish in the tank. Reece loved watching all the fish swim by!
After the zoo we went to Aaron & Dani's place for dinner (I need to get Dani's white bean turkey chili recipe... delicious after a cool damp day outdoors!) and Rae opened her birthday presents. She was excited about the Princess sleeping bag we got her. She is all ready for camping this summer now!
I can't believe you are already four years old, Rae.
Happy Birthday to you! (Cha-Cha-Cha!)

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