but I want to live with the baboons!

The night after Justin's birthday party, we woke up bright and early to hang with Kherington while her mama went on a fundraiser walk with some friends from work.  We decided it was a beautiful day and why stay cooped up inside if we didn't have to?  We headed to the Phoenix Zoo where apparently every other Phoenician had our exact same thoughts - it was PACKED! Not exactly the best day to take a three year old to the zoo but nonethless, it was still fun.  Between the renting of the stroller, the "I want out of the stroller!" "I want in the stroller!" "Pick me up!" "Put me down!" "Let me see the animals!" "I'm hungry!" "I need to go potty...RIGHT NOW!" and "I want to live with the baboons!"... it was a very long day.  I love this little girl to pieces but man, oh man, was I exhausted after this little adventure.  She completely wore her Uncle Justin and Aunt Nenna out! 

 

 Kherington looking at the zebras..

 Beautiful purple blooms near the monkeys!

Kherington's little hand, looking at the baboons! They were her favorite!

 She wanted to pick the nose of every single fake animal she saw... so she did.

 Double the picking, double the fun!

This is Kherington, riding the reindeer... she told me "it was a REINDEER, not an a sheep." (Apparently, it was some weird type of large horned sheep.) Hello, stupid me.. why didn't I get the memo?