OKC Zoo

Last week I was privileged to be a parent sponsor for Hayden's class trip to the zoo.

There were enough parents, so I only had Hayden and his "buddy" in my group.  My Mom came along with us too.

If you haven't been to the OKC Zoo in a while, I strongly suggest you go!  I was shocked by all the updates.  I knew they were working on a new elephant habitat, but had no idea the bears got new digs too.

If I was a bear, I'd be happy to call this place home...

 

 

And the elephant's casa?  Oh-em-gee...it's beautiful!

After a 3 mile hike (okay, maybe it's only 1 mile...but it was about 100 degrees with 900% humidity, so if felt like 3 miles) you get to finally see the new baby elephant.

Malee is adorable.  Second only to her incredibly overprotective Mama and Aunt.  They kept themselves between her and the crowd almost the entire time.  They left only to get food, and it was still quite reluctantly.  The minute she roused, they both took off in a full sprint to get back to her and put themselves between us.  Maternal instinct in it's purest form.  It was beautiful.


Hayden and his buddy really were more interested in having their picture taken than looking at animals.  Here's a small sample of the photo shoot...

 

 

I did catch them looking at a few animals.  Shh...don't tell them!

Hayden was so excited I was able to go on the trip and didn't have to work.  I had a blast...even though it was miserably {this-has-to-be-what-hell-feels-like} hot.