zoolights

dude's first trip downtown!  dude's first trip to the zoo!

zoo lights...how cool!  i love the national zoo to begin with, nevermind when it's full of christmas lights!!

we decided to head downtown a little early so we could walk around during the day and show graham some cool animals.  mind you, it was pretty cold during the day today, so not all the animals were out.

first up...the zebras!  i really don't know what he was thinking.  he couldn't stop looking at it.  helps that we talk about a zebra in one of the books he has.

second stop...an emu!  it was doing funny things at the fence, so we all enjoyed watching him.

third...small mammal house.  phew...we needed some time to warm up too!  we saw a couple small monkeys, several porcupines, but the one the dude loved the best was the small armadillo!!  the exhibit glass was just the right height for him, and the little armadillo was burrying around looking for food.  graham loved it.  

fourth...APE HOUSE!  little did i know there was a baby gorilla too!  graham LOVED watching them jump around and play with each other.   he could have stood at that glass for hours.  

it was starting to get dark, so we made our way to the mane restaurant to meet up with some friends.  we walked around a little more, this time admiring the lights, then we decided to call it a day.  we had been there for several hours and it was getting pretty cold.  and all the big kid things (train rides, ice  skating, etc), graham was too little for.  until next year!!!