Family Time at the Zoo & Safari Park

The family came to visit for the weekend and we took full advantage of our zoo membership.

Zoo Safari Round 2

Auntie Kim came to visit for the past week and we explored the San Diego Zoo and Zoo Safari (or whatever they call the Wild Animal Park nowadays).  We saw our favorite animals and even a few rare ones that we skip on our weekly visits.

We found out that Kalista is very fearful of snakes when we walked through the reptile house.  She jumped back from the glass and hid her face.  Wonder if that is a natural reaction for all babies...hmm?!?

Kalista is a little explorer now and wondering how this world works.  She tried to see if her arm would go through the elephant's trunk. She also checked out the Polar Bear Plunge ice caves and walked/crawled through them. Auntie Kim had to crawl and follow her since our joints are not as flexible as the good 'ol days. Not to mention that it was one stinky cave and Jen almost passed out from the smell of stinky socks and sweat. Brave Auntie Kimmie!!!!

We caught Kalista posing next to a seal with Auntie. The photo turned out pretty cute.

It was great having Auntie Kim in town. We did a lot of catching up and enjoyed many a laughs with the crew from Yo Gabba Gabba (which is Kali's new favorite show).

Bye Bye Auntie Kim! Until next time...muah!

Safari Zoo

Hmmm..where did we leave off ?

Kalista and Jen made it to the Safari Park (aka San Diego Wild Animal Park) to meet up with some friends and their families.

This is good!

We spent a good part of last Wednesday afternoon watching the gorilla momma and her new baby boy. It was too cute watching her hold him in his arms. His name is Monroe and was born sometime this past June. Kalista found great interest checking the little guy out.


Kalista had a blast playing in the Fisher Price play area. She got a chance to stretch her legs and run around with some other kids. Her favorite animal was the lion, but the rhino came in close behind.


We made it to the real rhinos and lions eventually, but the best kept secret was the "Cheetah Run". We waited about half an hour to get a good view of one of the park's cheetahs sprint down this 330 foot grass runaway. It took him about 6 seconds to run the whole stretch at 60 mph plus. Crazy!!!!