Don't feed the monkeys!

In mid July Mom and Dad's good friend from Richmond came to visit us. Kim, Dave, Emily and Lacey lived next door to them in Richmond. Emily developed an overwhelming fondness for my dad, and he for her :) So this July Kim and Emily came to Arkansas to spend a few days. I took a day off and we went to the Gentry zoo. The kids had a blast!

Chaz had to show off his self taught taco tongue.. I never thought I would be able to get this on camera but he has become quite the showoff and ham!
The first stop at the zoo was the goat.. man was this a bad idea. You can't tell by this picture but Emily was NOT a fan. Chaz freaked out a little, too! Note to all the parents out there... do the other animals first then if you are brave and willing you can visit the goats. They are very overwhelming.. my mom getting mauled by the goats. Chaz was behind me saying "no, goat, no!"

not sure what he is doing here but it was very funny!

Emily looks a little less than thrilled in this picture but she actually really liked Chaz. She was very good with him and wanted to hold his hand as much as possible. You can tell she is a big sister..

Gma leading his away from the monkey cages. I think he would have stayed here all day if we would have let him. He loved the baby monkeys.

We bought bread at the little store when you come into the park. Chaz loved trying to feed all the animals but got very mad when the ducks ran away rather than taking the bread from him. He chased them all the way around the gated area... "Duck, eat eat!!"

as you can see the duck wanted nothing to do with him..

when we were there it was really cool because almost every species of animal had a baby. There were baby goats, monkeys, camels, ducks, giraffes, zebras, deer, tigers, horses, etc...seriously every animal had a baby!

Yep, he is trying to climb in with the pig. It was a negotiation to get him to stay on our side of the zoo..

Mommy and ChazKim and Emily

Emily and Chaz

We were just walking around the back of the park and this guy comes up and says... "you guys want to pet a baby tiger?" ... uh, heck yes! Chaz thought it was one of his cats from home.. he kept saying tiger.. which the guy thought Chaz was really smart.. I didn't have the heart to tell him one of our cats is named tiger ;)

This peacock scared the poo out of us when he jumped up on the top of the fence... but it made for a pretty picture sweet emily

not even all the way through the drive through of the park.. out, O-U-T, out