MADISON ZOO

Madison Zoo

Grandma Thorpe flew into Madison this morning at 9am! Since its a 2 hour drive one way, We decided to head over to the Madison Zoo before heading home! Grandma loved our Free Zoo! The kids were tickled pink to show her all the neat animals and there "Iowa"!! :)

We saw lots of Animals...

Oh and Remember the Tornado Shelter??!
This is what I was talking about...

We Rode on the Carousel...

We also Rode on the Train...

We feed the Goats...

Of course the kids took turns holding there Grandma's hand... :)

And naturally, we had to get a little silly, & take a picture in this cutout of Chickens!!

The Henry Vilas Zoo
aka Madison Zoo

I cannot say enough about what a GREAT ZOO this was!!! The BEST part is it's a FREE ZOO!!!! We picked up Patti, and made our way to the Zoo. 40% of the animals weren't out because it was a really cool day. However we were so impressed with the animals we did see!! The reptiles were HUGE!!! Seriously the biggest snakes I have ever seen!!! (We didn't get any photos of them, because the kids weren't to thrilled being so close.) There is a carousel, petting zoo, and train!! This is a definite stop for anyone who fly's into Madison, WI. :) Here's what we did...

We got silly...

We checked out the Animals...
I was sooooo excited to see this Short Tailed Sting Ray!! Alan & I had just learned all about it on River Monsters the night before! I was beyond excited to see one up close!!!!

We saw this sign on the bathroom...
And let me just say if there was a real tornado we would all die. (Okay maybe we would live if it was a F-0 or F-1.)Its a above ground bathroom. I'm not sure how this would keep anyone very safe, other than taking the main blow for the first 30 seconds.

The Kids rode the Carousel with Aunty Mallory...

We Played...
They have a HUGE slide... probably as tall as a 2 story building! We decided to go up. Except we had no idea it was literally just climbing on this net, ALL the way up.. We had a system going. Me first, followed by Brenton, Patti, Savannah, & Mallory. This way there was a adult to help the kids all the way up.

Patti went down first, followed by Mallory and then the kids. They complained how slow it was. And how there jeans got caught all the way down. Naturally, I for some reason, thought it would be the same for me... and let me just say Yoga Pants on a big slide= A little Scary...

I know really funny!! It was all fun until I hit that turn.. way to much speed. What was even more funnier was the faces of all the normal Mom's who were just watching there kids. I don't think they were prepared to see a Mom coming out.

We took the kids pic's to get a FREE Sonic Jr. Ice Cream Sundae...
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After we enjoyed our Sundae's, we dropped off Aunty Mallory at the Airport... :( Dropped off Patti at her house, and drove the 2 hours home. So glad it was such a fun day!!!