On Saturday, our little family took a trip to the Oakland Zoo! I’d never been, and had been telling Dan that we should take Mio once the weather got warmer — since Saturday was surprisingly warm, we seized the opportunity to finally go! Our friends Kayo and Sung-kook and their 16-month old son Jinwoo also happened to be free that day, so we invited them to come with us.
I grew up going to the National Zoo in Washington, DC, which is pretty impressive and much larger, but I really enjoyed visiting the Oakland Zoo for the first time. It was very clean, well-maintained, and very child-friendly — there were lots of open areas where children could run around and climb onto animal sculptures, and a petting zoo where they could actually touch some of the sheep and goats. I think the more intimate size of the zoo actually works in favor for parents with young children, because you can get through the whole zoo (or a lot of it, at least), without getting too exhausted but still be able to see all the animals that kids love to see (monkeys, giraffes, lions, tigers, elephants. etc.).
It was of course Mio’s first time at the zoo, and although she’s a little too young to truly appreciate it, she definitely seemed intrigued (and at times, perplexed) by some of the animals at the zoo. Here are some of my favorites from the photos we took at the zoo!
You can see the full set of photos we took on our outing to the Oakland Zoo in the slideshow below:
February 20, 2012 @ 4:31 pm
THAT LOOKS SO FUN!
i want to go to the DC zoo with Mio sometime!! 😀
February 21, 2012 @ 10:41 pm
It was a lot of fun! We should definitely take Mio to the National Zoo someday, too! 😀
February 23, 2012 @ 1:47 pm
i love the pic of her staring at the goats. so funny!!
February 24, 2012 @ 5:32 pm
Isn’t it? It cracks me up every time! 😀