Winter in Zoo-ly

Every year the Phoenix Zoo hosts "Winter in Zoo-ly".  We used our membership to check it out this year.  They put snow on the grass for the kids to play in.

The boys' reactions were very predictable.  

Benton, he ate the snow.

 Ethan ran right up, but then it got in his shoes so he was done playing in it.

There were two big water slides, which Ethan LOVED.  He went on each of them once and we opted out of standing in line again.

 He splashed right into the water.

 I was waiting to get a picture of him splashing in, but this one wasn't as steep and he stopped at the end.  Benton got to dip his feet a few times, as you can see.

We saw a few animals before visiting the splash pad.

 Benton tried repeatedly to eat the grass, but it is fake.

 Ethan avoided the camera.

 This picture shows why my shirts are always stretched and misshapen.

 This event advertises the animals being given frozen treats.  I was disappointed that we didn't see any walking around.  We came to the elephants as the zookeepers were getting the treats ready and waited quite awhile for them to finish and let the elephant back in.  She went right over to this barrel and would shake it until a snack dropped out.  Then she noticed the pile of snow with something bright orange, and apparently tasty, sprinkled on it.  It was neat to watch her pick it up with her trunk and put it in her mouth.

 Family picture.

 Then she found the big flavored ice block hanging from her gate.  She broke it off the chain and kept pushing it around trying to break it.  She even stood on it repeatedly.

By this point, Mike had lost interest in the zoo, so we left and took Ethan to a friend's birthday party.