San Diego Zoo

On Sunday we took a trip to The San Diego Zoo! Ever since we took Harlow to the Fresno Fair and let her ride the elephant ride and the zebra on the carousel she has been obsessed with them. She has always loved animals and can tell you the name of most of them. And the sounds they make too. We figured she would love to explore the zoo and all of the animals.

Harlow and Daddy when we first entered the zoo.



She was so small that she had to sit on Daddy's shoulders to find some of the animals in their cages.


She loved the monkeys, and kept saying "come here monkey monkey".




Pete and I were stumped at this animal. It was called a Sloth Bear and it was the perfect description. What an odd animal I never even knew existed.


This bear sat here for about 2 hours, same spot, licking the same hand.






Of course I had to dress Harlow for the occasion.


The big cats were unusually active. At the zoo at home, they always seem to be sleeping. Here they were out and walking back in forth at the front of their cages.


We walked almost the entire zoo. And it's huge and all of it is on HILLS! We were exhausted by the end of the day.


Harlow and the Polar Bear. She was only brave enough to take a picture with Daddy.


She saw all of the other kids playing on the animal sculptures and threw a fit each time if we didn't let her as well.


The beloved elephants she has been talking about for the last week.


This elephant was getting his feet cleaned and was also being given a snack to distract him.


Smile!


Another big cat. Harlow kept saying "meowwww".














Another sculpture she insisted on playing on too.



She looks so small.


These guys were standing up to eat from the tree. Weird.




Harlow and an example of the size of a baby polar bear.


Surprisingly she wanted to go into the cave.


We told Harlow to say hi to Santa's Reindeer! Hey, he's always watching!


Taking a snack break and a little time to kick our feet up to relax.


And the beloved Zebras were of course a big hit.




We got to see the baby giraffe.










These Rhino's looked like they were kissing.


And right before we headed back to meet up with family, we let Harlow pick out some souvenirs. She ended up taking home an elephant and a zebra, of course!