Playing Hookie

After Clara finished her TAKS test on Wednesday
I decided to take the kids to the Dallas Zoo for the final
time on our membership.

The zoo has a nice new African animals exhibit.
The weather could not have been more perfect!

The sculptures are always a fan favorite.
Also a fan favorite... the gift shop.
 The girls chose fun T-shirts.
Ollie picked a toy with a lizard submerged in slime.



These are the real deal!  Nile Crocodiles.



Lunch outside.  The flies and bees were pesty,
but there was no wind and the temperature was perfect.

There were MANY school kids there on field trips,
so we struggled a bit to see the animals at times.

The kids took more items to trade at the Nature Trading Post.
Then they redeemed all their accumulated points.
This has probably been one of my favorite parts of this zoo.
Clara brought home an hunk of sulfur, a large shell and some pretty stones.
Ollie picked out an alligator gar vertebra.
Izzy found pretty polished rocks in several colors.

Farewell Dallas Zoo!