Day at the Zoo

We kicked off Spring Break 2011 with a quick trip to Houston to visit the Katy cousins.  The girls anxiously awaited our arrival with regular chimes of "Are we there yet?".   

Marissa with our Zoo Guides

Our stay started with an overcast day at the Houston Zoo.  Our "weather reporter - AKA: Uncle John, predicted that the clouds would clear by 10:00AM, so we proceeded with the plan even in the face of dark clouds.  But hey, its Spring Break - we can handle a few rain drops, right?  So we rolled with it!  

 

Mia with the other fun Zoo Guide

We started with the Sea Lion Show and found many fun photo ops along the way.  Lucky for us our group was game for a pose or two.

 

Before the rain came, we caught this cute baby elephant hangin' with her mama after the Daddy Elephant let out quite a roar!

Cute little poisonous frogs from the Rain Forest

And then the rain came.... and we took cover in some of the AWESOME inside exhibits.  We captured a few pics for Marissa's QUEST Teacher -- Here's Marissa doing "extra credit" research on the Rain Forest during Spring Break!  What a good student!

Our favorite - the Map Turtle

The Map Frog was one of our favorites!  It would follow your finger as you ran it across the glass.  Amazing!!

 So many cute pics, its hard to choose which to post, but this was one of my favorites!  What a fun group!  

  Just when we thought we couldn't stand another fish or frog, the sun came out and we got to see many, many of the outside animals!  As you can see, it was a successful day at the zoo!  Rain or Shine!