We had the most amazing weekend ever!! Mama's birthday was last week and for her present I got her a sleepover at the Minnesota Zoo in Discovery Bay. Ellen was too little she she got to stay home with Daddy which meant mom and I got to hang-out, just the two of us!
Before heading to the zoo Mama and I decided to do some shopping and spend some time at Chuckie Cheese! Mama and I got really lucky and won a ton of tickets.
Once we got to the zoo we had so much fun. We decided to sleep by the jellyfish tank because I thought they would make a beautiful night light. I was mostly right, but the tank was really bright, luckily the zoo keeper turned it off at bedtime.
Enough about the sleeping part. Our zoo keeper, Max, was a ton of fun and taught us all sorts of great things. We got to go behind the scenes and see where they keep all of the food, and how they feed each of the animals. Did you know that turtles know their shapes and colors? They each have a target that is a certain shape and color and when they touch it with their beak they get food!
We learned about a bunch of different underwater animals. This was a cold water star fish. He couldn't be outside of his tank for very long because he doesn't like being warm. Did you know that star fish have 5 eyes!?!
It was really fun getting to be there after the zoo was closed. Most of the time the touch tanks are really hard to get close to because there are so many people. The sharks were really active and fun to reach in and touch. Our zoo keeper suggested that we not sleep by the shark touch tank because every night they have a party and splash around.
My favorite part was getting to go above the big fish tank and look in. There are so many fish and it was really neat to see. Mama was not so sure about me getting so close, but Zoo Keeper Max said it was safe as long as we were laying on our tummies.
We had a great time, though Mama said they kept her up too late (bedtime was 10:00!!)
What a fun adventure!!
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