The Zoo!

One of the great things about South Bend is their zoo. Not every relatively small town has a zoo, but South Bend does! We took the kids to Potowatami Zoo on Friday. Sebastien seemed to really like it...but for a variety of reasons. Yes, he liked the animals, but he also liked running around the zoo paths, hanging with Grammy & Papa and riding the little train that goes around the zoo.

As far as animals go, we saw tigers, lions, camels, emus, zebras, ducks, fish, wallabies, monkeys, bats, snakes, buffalos, giant turtles and more. Sebastien was afraid of the tigers and lions and made us pick him up around them. Below is a picture of them looking at the tiger.

Below: It's kind of cool that we have pictures of mommy and uncle Brian in this same pose with Grammy about 25 years ago. I'm pretty sure it's the same fence.
Posing with a peacock:

Below is one of the lions. These cages were pretty close to the sidewalk and as I was standing there, I stupidily watched as this lion walked as close to me as it could get, turned around and then started to spray pee at me. Luckily I jumped out of the way just in time. He also barely missed Genevieve in the stroller.

I didn't see this sign until after the fact:

Below: Riding the choo-choo was probably the highlight of Sebastien's day.

Below: Sitting on the giant turtle statue

What a fun day at the zoo!