What a great kid's day! My friends, Christie and Melissa, and I took our kids (4 in all) to the FREE Hutchinson Zoo yesterday morning. It'a small, very nice zoo, and for the price, you can't be it. They have mostly animals native to Kansas, but others as well. We saw a brahman, bobcat, barn owl, raccon, otters, bald eagle, turkey vulture, porcupine, possum, geese, tamarins, snakes and spiders. It was very hot and I felt sorry for the poor gentleman running the little zoo train. He was already dripping with sweat and we were on only the 2nd ride of the day. As we were leaving we drove by the Salt City Splash Aquatic Center which is a huge water park to check times and prices and made plans to bring our kids back once I'm back from Tahoe. Here are some pictures of the zoo trip.
Here's are crew from youngest to oldest (l to r).
Caden (3), Maggie (young 4), Brock (old 4), Jeb (6)
otters wrestling; very cute; definitely my favorites
possum; definitely the uggliest animal
Our fun kid's day ended with a trip to the Newton pool for Family Swim with Daddy and the 3/4 of Carlson clan: Melissa, Jeb, and Maggie. All in all a pretty good day, especially when you throw in Chili's for lunch with our friends and a 3 hour nap between the zoo and the pool!
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Sounds like it was a lot of fun and don't you love those long naps!! They are few and far between for us!
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