Zoo Two

Before Gwyn had to travel back to Uganda for the fall semester we had the chance to go with her on our second trip of the summer to the Philadelphia Zoo.  This one was as good as the first, and maybe better because it was much less crowded.  

There were 2 exhibits that we were excited to see this time around that we missed last time.  The first was the Primate Village or "monkey house."  It was pretty cool.  We saw some cute little monkeys (Aiden is watching them in the picture below), a funny Orangutan, and a kind-of sad Gorilla.  

The most interesting part of the visit really was how much more aware of everything Aiden was.  Even in the short time since our last visit he seemed much more able to point out the animals and (attempt) to call them by name.  Strangely enough in Aiden's Zoo world almost every animal is named "Ball."

The other place we get to check out for the first time was the new bird center.  There was one big room where they had lots of different tropical birds just flying around which was pretty neat.  I think that after this experience "Bird" is another word that Aiden can now say pretty well.

We had a fun visit to the zoo, but it was especially nice for us and Aiden to get to spend time with Gwyn.  She is back in Uganda now and we miss her already!