Jacksonville Zoo

We went to visit Peepa Butch and Cathy for a week and have been back for a week now. One of the highlights of the trip was visiting the Jacksonville Zoo. It was absolutely wonderful and definitely the best zoo I have been to. The children's section was worth the admission alone. The day was especially hot and it was too bad that we didn't have suits for the girls because there was a water park there. Luckily there was an air conditioned playroom that the girls really liked. Both of them dressed up as vets and took care of some stuffed animals. Morgan put on a puppet show and dressed up in animal costumes. We stayed in the room until a man came in and told us it was time for the otters to eat and that
we should go watch. They fed the otters live fish and they would occasionally spit the fish out half alive onto the ledge next to the window. The kids were amazed to see the bloody half fish lying there waiting to be consumed.
The girls played on the playground and rode the merry go round. Audrey wasn't very excited about the ride but was ok as long I put my arms around her.
Morgan's favorite part of our zoo visit was definitely feeding the birds. I think she could have stayed there all day. She loved having the birds land on her arm. When her cup was empty, she walked around calling the birds hoping they would come back. When we were finished, there was a hand washing station that just may have been Audrey's favorite part:) She stood there putting her hands up saying, "hands hands." Washing her hands is up there on her favorite activities list.
We stayed at the zoo until they were closing and to Morgan's disappointment, we were only able to ride the train once. The girls were exhausted when we we left and Audrey fell asleep almost as soon as we were in the car.