Cheyenne Mountain Zoo might be the best zoo ever

This past week I decided to spend a Tuesday with my best friend Kirstin. Luckily she has been working her tail off and has some flexibility in her days! So Tuesday I loaded up the boys and took off for adventures in Colorado Springs. On the drive down I talked to Payson about some of the activities we could do, and as soon as he heard "at the zoo we can feed the giraffes" he knew that is what we should do.

We could not of asked for a better day - the weather was amazing and I really can not say enough great stuff about the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. They have a great jr. zookeeper summer intern program so there were many people on hand at most exhibits to answer questions. This zoo has many great things for the kids to play on and climb on, so it is perfect for a three year old with a ton of energy.

The day was great, but two things stood out in my mind as favorite memories. One, Dillon almost got licked by a giraffe, and two, Payson thought we were going to be feeding all the animals. When you first walk into this zoo you have the opportunity to feed the giraffes, the next exhibit are the pumbas. We were lucky enough to walk by when they were handing all the kids heads of lettuce to throw into the exhibit. Once Payson got done with that he ran ahead of us shouting "Come on, let's go feed the next animal. Mommy, do you think we will be able to feed an aligator?"


see - he is about to lick Dillon - how exactly would I clean that?





Pretending to be an elephant...