On the last day of spring break, Chris stayed home so that we could hang out. He and Hailey decided to make breakfast for everyone and went all out. Since I never make bacon or sausage, they were all pretty excited and I was revolted by all of the smoke in our house. :)
After breakfast, we headed to Brookfield zoo. It had been a rainy morning, and there was no one there. This is the first time that I've been there and no one else has been in the monkey house. It was so nice. We haven't been to the zoo in years-Alyssa hasn't been since she was an infant, so everyone was pretty engaged.
Those gorillas are pretty intimidating. I learned that in the 90's, a 3 year old boy accidentally fell into the gorilla area, and that one of the female gorillas actually carried him to safety. I tried to think of that as they were glaring at us.
We found a peacock marching around. He was not happy with us and kept his feathers up and turned around in circles. I think he was happier once we left.
I hope we never meet one of these in the wild either!
Alyssa loved the polar bear though.
Checking out the penguins.
On our way out of the zoo. A wonderful day.
