We found this pond full of fish and ducks. We feed a quarter into the machine and got a tiny handful of fish food. We each threw a couple of pellets in the water and watched the fish fight over it.
Nathan taking a much needed drink break. Check out those rosy cheeks.
Bye-Bye fish. See you next time. One thing that's great about the Ft. Worth Zoo is that there are a lot of shaded areas. We could always find a nice shaded spot to stop a watch the animals.
Nathan wasn't interested in having his picture taken with the giraffes. He was trying to jump out of my arms. Maybe, he just wanted to swim with the fish and ducks.
Nathan loved feeding the tropical birds. Aunt Samantha found an abandoned stick of bird seed, which they were selling for a dollar. Bonus!!
I just remember how hot and humid it was in there. See how Nathan is drenched in sweat and of course Randy is completely dry. Samantha and I couldn't wait to get out of there because we both had sweat dripping in our eyes. (Remember . . . it was over 100 degrees today.)
Nathan couldn't care less. He was enjoying the colorful birds.
It's so cute how Nathan is holding the kangaroo's hand.
Another place that Nathan throughly enjoyed besides feeding the birds was the children's zoo section. It was a building shaped like a barn with different activities for kids to learn about farm animals. Nathan is pushing the buttons on the wall to hear the different animal sounds.
Here he is learning about chickens. We had to drag him out kicking and screaming. He was hot and very tired by this point. It took the three of us to strap him in his stroller.
Aunt Samantha helped me wrestle this alligator. The heat must have gotten to him because he was pretty tame.
Then, Nathan hopped on for a ride. He's so cool in his sunglasses. Notice that he is out of the stroller. He must have talked someone into letting him out.
The last part of the zoo that Nathan loved was this touch tank. He had no fear of reaching in the water and touching all the sea critters. And to think . . . this is the kid who is deathly afraid of fans. Go figure!
The water was a little deep for him. It went past his elbows, but he didn't mind at all. I think he would have climbed in, if they let him. Here he is touching a starfish and a horseshoe crab.
Oh, no! What happened to Mommy?
Even though it felt like it was 150 degrees outside, we all had lots of fun at the zoo. Nathan fell fast asleep once we left the parking lot to head home. We talked Randy into stopping at Sonic for drinks to help us cool down. Then, we all jumped in the pool once we arrived home.
Happy Birthday, Daddy!
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