When Grandpa Eric and Grandma Margie came to visit us in June, we all took a trip to the Moline Zoo in IL. Tori loves animals and had the time of her life. Even though she was exhausted by the time we were done, she did not want to go home.
Above on the left is a picture of Tori with her teddy bear (usually named Aladdin) in front of the monkeys and on the right is a picture of her feeding the geese and very large goldfish. She loves to feed animals - I think she would have done this all day if we would have let her. One of the geese even pinched her fingers a bit when trying to get the food and even that didn't turn her off feeding them some more.
Above are some pictures of her feeding the goats - she loved this even more than feeding the geese and fish. She thinks it's really funny if any animal licks her.
Again, Tori is showing no fear with the animals. We went into the parrot cage with Grandma and you can see in both of these pictures Tori is trying to hold out her arm for the birds to land on her. I do have to say that when they flew close to her it did spook her a little bit - I don't think she would have liked it if one had actually landed on her. Grandma was the lucky one and had one land on her shoulder and start grooming her hair. :)
By the time we made it to the giraffes Tori was a little tired of having her picture taken.
Tori loves carousels and was very excited to ride the elephant with Grandpa.
When Tori saw the tiger she called him Shire Khan (tiger from the Jungle Book movie) and above is a picture of her "roaring" like a tiger.
Tori really had a ton of fun doing everything, but I do have to say I think she liked riding the train most of all. She had fun waving to all the animals and saying "chuga, chuga choo choo" the whole time.
