Last week Cara and I branched out of our comfort zones and took the kids to the Dallas Zoo. I'll be honest and admit that I had pretty low expectations. I'm not even sure why except that we'd never been and I had never felt this strong desire to visit a zoo that is literally right off of a major interstate. Well, I was pleasantly surprised. While it's definitely not as aesthetically pleasing or as fancy as the Ft. Worth Zoo, it seemed much bigger and just had a different feel to it. We saw a few animals we had never seen before, got to ride the monorail for the African "safari," and one of the cutest things were their little birthday signs for the animals who had recently had babies. One of the oddest things for Cara and I was witnessing the unnatural obsession Ethan and Josie had with all of statues scattered around the zoo. Seriously, they were on the hunt for animals statues and wouldn't let anything get in their way. You never know with those two. Afterward we stopped by Clay's office for a quick visit and Rachel told him her favorite part was the train (monorail) and Ethan said his favorite part was the tunnel. We should have just bought a DART light rail pass and called it a day, but then I guess we would have missed all of those awesome statues! 
Just a sampling of our statue-mania
And I don't want to forget that this little guy was with us!
we need to try that zoo out with the kiddos too. i haven't been since i was in junior high. maybe it's time to revisit:)
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