Brookfield Zoo

The second day of our trip we spent the day at the Brookfield Zoo.

1st stop - Stingray bay, where we got to get our hands on some live stingrays

you can see them all in the water

this was the only ray maggie wanted to touch

our made of transport....it is a huge zoo, lots of area to cover

sis checking out the tiger

very cute and playful tiger sea lions

dolphins..

you will notice lia's notebook in the photos. she kept a log of everything we saw and grouped them all into the correct classification. she's a bit intense sometimes...we love her.

waiting for the dolphin show to start

a page of the journal

cool dolphins

right after getting sprayed by the dolphins....yes we sat in the splash zone

ty showing off his impressive wing span

cute lia

ty and maggie checking out the penguins

running

my boys

love this boy

and girl

hoping ty has a good grip on our son..

checking out the gift shop..

maggie ended up going with the purple penguin

misting the plants

painting faces

2 cute giraffes

maggie wanted to be a penguin

I'm not sure we pulled it off....but she's cute anyway

checking out the guinea pigs

after the zoo we went to Giordano's for pizza

the deep dish pizza takes a while to cook and they make it fresh so you have to wait about 30 min after you order...luckily there was a guy making some balloon animals that kept the kids entertained

mags showing off her bunny

and then the pizza....i'm craving it just looking a this picture....so so good

we were all starving after walking around the zoo all day...and dinner did not disappoint

getting a thumbs up review from lia

great end to a very fun day