Sunday, January 6, 2008

An Animal Lover and Zoo Lights

On Saturday, Milo and Issy were lucky enough to go to Zoo Lights at the Denver Zoo with Spencer, my parents, my sister, her friend, and their cousin Kiana and her friend. Zoo Lights is one of my mom's favorite things and the kids were all big fans too. There are giant light displays all around the zoo and heated stopping points with hot chocolate. Before Christmas, there were even Christmas Carolers.

Milo is, quite possibly, the biggest zoo fan EVER. He was super excited to take his new National Geographic for Kids magazine (thanks Sagie!) and cards to the zoo. He was so cute--trying to find the animals to match his magazine and cards. (Or so I hear anyways, I was home napping and getting ready for work!) Milo goes back and forth between wanting to be a "zoo person" when he grows up or "a baseball player and a nurse". Right now, he's leaning toward "zoo person". What does that mean you ask? We're not really sure--I've tried to get him to nail down what a "zoo person" does or what their duties entail but he's pretty noncomittal. So cute and funny. Especially cute and funny if you know that Spencer loved animals so much when he was little that he actually aspired to be a cow when he grew up. Yup, that's right. A cow.


All of the kids under one of the light displays.
Kiana and Milo in front of the scary tiger.

Milo was SO excited to see the new baby giraffes. We got a "birth announcement" from the zoo a few weeks ago and he's been asking to see the babies ever since.

I don't know. Seriously. What is going on here?

Milo and Issy on the giant hippo sculptures. In the summer these things are usually too hot to touch--let alone sit on them!


Milo demonstrating the pure joy that goes along with being on the giant 2.2 minute carousel ride.

3 comments:

Lorena said...

That's OK, Andrew wants to be a "train driver." We are so proud!

Jessica said...

If Spencer had gone to school to be a cow, he'd a been done long ago.

I'm just sayin'.

Abbie said...

You're kids are so cute! Milo's smile cracks me up. He looks so much like Spencer.