I don't have a zoo pass for the kids and don't take them regularly. So when I heard that the zoo was offering free admission as a thanks for passing a sales tax to benefit them, I packed up the kids on Friday morning and headed to the zoo. It was actually cooler which was a nice bonus. I took them to see the sea lion show. They loved every minute of it. Hunter especially liked it when the sea lion made noises. I need to take them to Sea World someday. That would really impress them! We rode on the train and got off at various stops to see the animals. I love the chimpanzee and gorilla areas. Hailey and I thought one of them was having fun just standing there blinking at us and not moving at all. We arrived just in time to watch them eat their afternoon snacks. We rode on the carousel of course and visited a few water mist stations. I even caught a lady with a big, nice camera taking photos of children who came to play in the mist. The water droplets on the children's hair looked cool. Before we left the zoo, I got Hailey some Dippin Dots ice cream while Hunter enjoyed his brief nap. She loves that stuff! It was a good day at the zoo.

After the zoo, we went home and changed into our bathing suits and went swimming at a friends home. Hailey had a blast and Hunter was nuts in the water.  He just jumps in and tries to swim. He doesn't want anything on him and kept saying "I'm swimming!" It wasn't so relaxing for me because I had to make sure he wasn't gulping down the water but they loved it. After such a long day, they went to bed an hour earlier. We need to have more days like this!

* I brought my camera but didn't have the memory stick in it so I just took a few with my phone camera. Silly me.