We went to the Brookfield Zoo three times last summer (with Mom & Dad, with Megan & Molly & the kids, and with Trent & Loden & Ellyza), but we’d never been to the zoo yet this year. I was excited to go back because Makai is older and would see things differently and also because we still had some time left on our annual membership from last year!
Like previous visits, we saw the goats first. Makai wasn’t really THAT into them like he was last year.
He really wanted to see a kangaroo, so he loved the wallabees/emu area. One of the mommy wallabees had a baby in her pouch and it’s leg? tail? was sticking out of the pouch. Pretty funny.
He also enjoyed feeding the birds with Jessica.
We saw the dolphin show. And we all got soaked in the splash zone!
Jess’s favorite was the lions! And the big cats.
Makai also really liked the giraffes. He said that this was his favorite, even though when we were there he took a look and then said he was ready to see more animals.
In contrast, he watched the gorillas forever. There was a baby gorilla he really wanted to see. He talked a lot about the mommy, the daddy, the baby gorillas and about the possibility of grandpa and grandma gorillas. He had a lot of questions about the gorillas like “What do gorillas eat?” and “Do gorillas have a pouch?”. When the gorilla got up and walked around Makai shouted “Mom! I saw the gorilla’s bunnies (butt)!!!!”.
I don’t know where Makai picked this up, but every time he saw something he liked he said “That’s ah-MAZE-ing!!!” So funny.
As we were walking out of the zoo, Makai protested that he still wanted to “ride the carousel at the Brookfield Zoo!!” but when we got to the car and left, he fell asleep before we were out of the parking lot!