Milwaukee Zoo!

Last weekend Eric came down to Dodgeville. Friday night Leyton and Eric went to the Dodgeville HS football game while Cal and I hung out at home. I expected them to be home after half-time, but they stayed until the very end, because Leyton didn't want to leave! Dodgeville lost by a lot... but Leyton still had fun! Then Saturday we headed to the Milwaukee zoo. I've always wanted to go, and heard its a great zoo, so we finally did it. Leyton had gone twice with Daycare, once last year and then this year, but he was still excited to go with us! He probably thought it was neat that he'd been there and we hadn't ;). Anyhow, it didn't disappoint! They have a lot of neat animals, and there's also a train ride around the park that was probably the highlight of Leyton's day. The only bummer was that Leyton really wanted to show us the Gorillas and that's all he'd been talking about, and they were not on display the day we were there. Oh well, maybe next year!
To say we were all obsessed with the Elephant would be an understatement... He was SO cool! It was neat to see one up so close, and you forget how big they really are! Leyton thought it was funny how his feet were "circles" on the bottom, and Cal could not stop starring! Seriously, the whole time we were by him Cal did not take his eyes off of him (see photo below). I tried to get a picture of him and Leyton and Eric in front of the elephant but every photo was just the back of Cal's head b/c he was cranking his neck around to see the elephant! The tiger was kind of scary because he kept coming right up to the glass and starring at us, and pacing back and forth! Leyton was a little nervous, but I'm sure that's because he could tell I was!We thought maybe we could skip the farm portion, since Leyton gets to see cows quite a bit at Grandma and Grandpa's, but he was not going to let us get away with that. We had to go there, and what did he only want to see? The cows.... for a long time....Cal did great considering he was in the stroller for a large portion of the day...The aquariums are always neat to see... and Cal really wanted to touch the fish!The bear in the hammock was way too cute! It was a long, tiring day, but well worth the trip!