Akron Zoo

We love going to zoos. I mean LOVE. I honestly think that I often get more excited to see all of the animals than Drew does! Derek and I just recently became members of the Cleveland zoo, but decided to take my parents to the Akron zoo as it's only 40 minutes away. Although it's much smaller, we had heard it was great for kids and still had some wonderful exhibits.

Right off the bat, Drew was greeted by some Lemur's and he was in heaven. The glass went down to his level and a little Lemur came right up checking him out. It was beyond adorable to watch Drew put his hand up to the glass where the Lemur's hand was and get so excited when they moved.

Drew pointed at every single animal, squealed often and really enjoyed watching all of the animals. Among the normal lions, tigers and bears, we saw bats, barking deer, alpaca, condors and more!

I can't wait until Drew can enjoy the petting zoo, but until then I might have to take some anti-anxiety medication. He really enjoyed standing right at the fence trying to touch the sheep and goats as they trotted past, but once I saw how big their teeth were, I began to get a bit nervous. A little boy offered Drew some goat food to hold up and my mom was kneeling down with him making sure he didn't get his hands chewed off. Although I know she was in complete control, watching a goat take food from his tiny, perfect, flawless hands about gave us a heart attack.

I guess we're going to have to let go at some point and realize that we can't keep him in bubble wrap forever, right?
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And on a separate note, I had to put this pic up of Drew watching the KU game this weekend with my parents against UNC. It was a CRAZY intense game and you can see it on all 3 of their faces!

Fingers crossed this Saturday when we play Ohio State that we can do what we're best at!!