Brycen's Day

Yesterday we went to the Berlin Zoo and Brycen had a blast. He immediately started asking if he could ride every animal we came across.

At one point, the four giraffes all the sudden started moving in the same direction (maybe lunch time? Not sure) and I asked Brycen where they were headed. He said, "To church".

He had to settle for these kinds of rides.

Pink birds aren't something to see everyday, Brycen was pretty excited.

And he LOVED the monkeys. He is currently really into Curious George books and wouldn't mind watching monkeys all day. Especially the baby monkeys (excuse the above butt picture, it was the only one that turned out). The monkeys were in a very playful mood and started pushing eachother around and got Brycen very concerned. "Monkey just pushed...Monkey. Bad Monkey!"

These guys are always kind of fun. Very into pleasing the crowd.

My favorite animal when I was younger.

"Zebra" (picture taken on the "ra" part).

He also got a big kick out of watching the sea creatures. The Sea Lions and Hippopotamuses were very active and fun and would come and swim right by the glass. Brycen loved it. "Big!" was definitely an accurate size description of the Hippos.

The petting zoo. I let Brycen buy alittle food to feed the horse. He loved the idea of it but quickly hated the feel of the Horse's tongue and made Mommy do the rest.

Was very into petting each and every animal though.

Mommy and this one have something in common.

I was amazed at how comfortable and calm the animals were. Kind of acted like house pets. And it was a really good thing that the petting zoo was one of the last areas of the zoo that we hit because after leaving there; Brycen not only asked if he could ride every animal we saw, but if not...if he could touch it...feed it.

Mommy's idea of how to get Brycen to sit so Mommy could rest. This whole trip has been lots of walking...

I was overall, very impressed with the zoo. Perfect size and very beautiful with lots and lots of exhibits. For every animal, there was always an option to go inside or outside and see above and under water (if applicable) and even go over the mountain (as in the case of the mountain goats).

It was also nice that Brycen is still considered "free" so we bought the best deal, combined zoo/aquarium ticket for Mommy and had quite the full day.

With the tiniest jellyfish I have ever seen.

Brycen got pretty attached to this turtle that would follow him along the glass.

And he loved seeing ALL the bugs. And I loved that they had these handy bars for him to stand up on so 1) I didn't have to keep picking him up and 2) So I could keep my distance away from the bugs. .....Hate bugs.

Overall a wonderful day, with this being my favorite part: