Memorial Day Weekend / Fort Wayne Childrens Zoo.

We have been dog sitting for the past 2 weeks for the Scholls' dog, Sparty, while they were in Florida. Sparty is a great dog. Bailey and Presley get along great with him. The Scholls came down to our house over Memorial Day weekend to pick up Sparty and spend the weekend with us. On Sunday, we went to the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo. Last year, we were disappointed in the amount of animals the zoo had. We recently read that the Fort Wayne Children's Zoo was rated the 9th best children's zoo in the U.S., so we thought we'd give it another try with a more open mind. We were much happier this time around.

The zoo is GREAT for kids. Now that Maddie is older, we were able to do a lot more and she was able to enjoy it more. We had a lot of fun. We went on a log river ride around the "Australian Outback" which was neat. Maddie and Caitlyn really enjoyed the petting zoo. We also went on an endangered species carousel. Maddie was scared to sit on one of the animals, so she sat in a peacock chair with Caitlyn and Doug.

Mommy & Maddie by some monkeys.

Aiden watching the penguins.

Mommy and Maddie on the log river ride!

Maddie being a joey in the kangaroo pouch!

John crawling through the children's tree house.

Doug, Maddie, Caitlyn, and Meg (riding in front)

on the endangered species carousel.

Caitlyn enjoying the tiger.

Aiden relaxing while his sister Caitlyn took a pony ride.

Doug, Caitlyn, Maddie, & Aiden petting baby goats in the petting zoo.

This one tried to eat Maddie's shirt!

Doug and Maddie posing at the petting zoo.