Central Park Zoo

Grandma Susan recently got a job with Pepsi. As a result, we are now able to enjoy fun Pepsi corporate benefits from time to time- such as free admission to the Central Park Zoo. Our friends Scott & Lisa Russell were visiting from Utah, so we all took a trip down to see the animals. A beautiful day for a walk through Central Park.

At the Central Park Zoo, there is a little area where the kids can feed the goats & sheep. At first, Lexi was a little unsure about the whole thing. I helped her hold the feed and put her hand out for the animals to eat. After a few tries with mom's help, she eagerly did it on her own. She begged for me to buy more feed when she ran out and howled with laughter every time the sheep/goat would lick up the pellets. After the second round of food, she wanted me to buy more. I told her we couldn't and so she turned on her resourcefulness and started picking up the pellets that had fallen on the ground to feed one by one to the animals. Here she is putting a food pellet in the goat's mouth.

Lexi and Nanny are watching the penguins up close and personal. They were quite active- diving and swimming and waddling on the rocks. Most fascinating!

Trying out life as a rabbit

A most intriguing bird in the Tropical exhibit at the Central Park Zoo. You can walk into the building and it is quite literally like walking into a rain forest. All the birds are out in the open flying around you and perching atop rocks right along the path. That's how we got this close-up of a beautiful bird. Our camera is not playing tricks here- his eyes really are that red!