Zoo School

I signed Tristan up for 2 "zoo school" sessions this summer at the San Antonio Zoo where he learned about "the giants at the zoo" and "spotted cats". Each session was held on a Friday for about an hour and consisted of a story about that week's topic, a quick craft, an animal interaction and a visit to some of the animals within the zoo.

The first week the kids learned about some of the bigger animals at the zoo, including the giant tortoises and made a little art project by gluing on some cutouts onto paper and then they got to touch one of the giant tortoise shell and pet a live turtle. The second week they made spotted masks using finger paint (oh so much fun with a 2 year old while trying to also contain a 1 year old who doesn't want to sit in his stroller!) and get to meet and pet a ferrett. Each time after the craft and animal interaction we got to venture out into the zoo and check out some of the animals. Unfortunately, it is still BLAZING HOT here so walking around the zoo is not at the top of my "fun things to so" list, but Tristan didn't seem to mind the heat, and poor Parker was confined to his stroller where he was at least shaded, but not the least bit excited about it.

The first week we were there, the zoo had a challenge going on for the kids where they would stop at different stations and do some sort of activity related to the animal the station was near and then receive a token. Once they got five tokens, the kids got to trade in the tokens for a prize...Tristan picked a jump rope for his price and LOVES it. The second week we decided to hit up the indoor kid play area after "school" and Parker was able to roam around and Mommy was able to take in a little bit of much needed A/C!

Originally I was going to sign up for more sessions, but am really glad I only did 2 since going to the zoo with my two "monkeys" when it feels like you are in a desert is a lot of work! Here's a few pics I snapped in between telling Tristan to listen to the teacher and keeping Parker from becoming a yummy little snack for some animal!

Tristan (brown shirt) and his buddy Kaeson checking out the turtle and giant shell

Tristan touching the fake turtle eggs in the kid area

Posing for a picture

Tristan and Kaeson

Sporting Kaeson's hat...a must wear in this heat when you are fair skinned like my babies!

Getting into push up position at one of the stations

Knox and Tristan taking a breather inside the kiddie area

Aawwww, hugs

Okay, so maybe Tristan wasn't "hugging" Knox, but at least they are both smiling, right?

Parker got to get out of the stroller and do some of his own exploring in the indoor kiddie area, he was so happy!