Omaha Zoo

We have one of the best zoo's around in Omaha. The Henry Doorly Zoo is hard to beat. We have such a fun time everytime we go. The best days are the cool and dreary days of spring and fall because you pretty much have the place to yourself- along with the animals of course! The kids get such good opportunities to look at everything without "big people" in their way and we can take our time and look closer at whatever they are interested in that day.

The rainforest had several babies for us to see...

Rope bridge in the rainforest- The monkeys were so loud this morning! They are always hoopin' and hollarin' in the mornings!

Love hippos!

B always use to call the peacocks "hehocks". Now he has adjusted that word to calling them peahocks... well, is is 1/2 way there!

Chasing Picture Perfection- Photo Assignment

I’m playing along in a photo assignment from Stacie at Chasing Picture Perfection. She is calling it an online photo course and every two weeks, a new photo challenge will be posted. We all know how I love a challenge! Stacie offers her blog readers a variety of cool tips and tricks that even a novice like me can understand.

This assignment is to create a photo with shallow depth of field (sharp forefront/subject and blurred background).

Here is what I have come up with. These were taken in the Butterfly Pavillion at the Henry Doorly Zoo.

Zoo

Last Friday we had some great weather with temps in the 60's. I took that opportunity to get my daycare kiddos and B out for some fresh air. We hadn't been to the Henry Doorly Zoo for a while, so a trip was just what we needed.

We started at the Desert Dome. This is where B has wanted to start the past few times. I think it is because it is so ig and visible from the parking lot and he is always so excited to get there.

After the Desert, we went through the gorillas and orangatangs but I really don't like to put pics of kids on here who are not mine. So you get some cool animal photos instead. The aquarium was next up and we had just been learning about penguins so it was fun to see them again. They are always fun to watch as they dive and swim.

One of my new favorites is the Butterfly Pavilion. It is the newest addition to our great zoo. This time however, there were not as many as there has been the last few times.

The great thing about our zoo pass is that we can stop in for a few hours and get home before the kids get cranky and tired. We don't have to feel like we have to do the whole zoo in one day.

Apparently...

You can only post 5 pics at a time and I really want to show you some more of my beautiful butterfly pics. So ... here they are.

What do you like best at the zoo?