Hogle Zoo trip

Now I honestly can't remember what month we took the kids to the Zoo, but I am guessing sometime around the end of August or September. I could go and try to find the ticket stubs, but I can't quite remember where they ended up in the move and I am lacking the motivation to try and figure it out. So, we will just say... September.



Anyway, my sisters called with the wonderful idea of taking the kids to Hogle Zoo in Salt Lake. Now, having grown up out East visiting the awesome zoos in New York and Philadelphia, I find the Hogle Zoo to be rather pathetic, but I must admit it has improved some since I went there as a teenager. My kids seemed to enjoy themselves.



Us older girls found that the new baby elephant to be an adorable sight. Thomas, however, wasn't that impressed. And Mary Alice was busy trying to chew the straps on her stroller. So, we moved on. We progressed through a number of different animals and the kids were mildly entertained.



Enough to try and imitate the fun, fierce, loud animals, anyway.


Now, Tom particularly enjoyed three things:


Riding the Carousel with Aunt Sue.

(No, honey... wave to your OTHER mother.)

Pushing the stroller around the park, pretending it is a train.

And, most of all, actually riding a train at the zoo.
This part of the trip, Tom LOVED.
He "choo-chooed" at the top of his lungs for the entire ride.

What a happy train-rider.

And Mary Alice found some wildlife on the train ride to amuse her, as well.