Lincoln Children's Zoo

On Saturday, August 29, we took the kids to Lincoln to the Children's Zoo. We've been once before when Ben was about the same age that Madalyn is now. It was fun to see their faces as they saw all the animals. Ben got pretty excited at the following: one of Santa's reindeer!

We also decided to eat lunch at the zoo. It was such a beautiful day and while we were eating we kept having a friendly visitor who would pick up everything that everyone dropped. I loved watching the peacock, but we never could get him to show all this feathers. I really wanted Ben to see them. I remember my great uncle having peacocks on his farm and I always loved looking at their feathers.
The Children's Zoo is also a great place for the kids to play and experience things they don't normally get too. One thing they have is this giant rope spider web. Ben was so worried that a big spider would get him if he crawled into the middle.
They also have a new butterfly pavillion that wasn't there the last time we visited. Outside it is this BIG caterpillar. It took Ben several tries to get up on the thing, but he finally did. The only bad part about the butterflies is that it got cold a couple days before we went and so they weren't very active. Actually, I think several of them had died. But we managed to get at least one good picture of a monarch.

Another area in the zoo they have a "hands on" exhibit. This time they had out a rabbit, and even Maddie got in on the action. He was pretty soft!

Another great area is the petting zoo with all the goats. Madalyn just loved watching them stick their heads through the little feeding holes. She would stick her hand up there and as soon as one would get close to her, she'd yank her hand out and laugh. I also think she liked the noises they made. Her favorite thing to say is "baa" thanks to Papa's sheep. It was a great day!!