Phoenix Zoo

Tyler's friend Makenna invited us to the zoo for her birthday party. They have some great membership that they can get unlimited people in so the whole family got to go.
We played at the playground while we waited for the last guests to arrive.

everything in included with their membership so we started off the day on the train,tram ride around the zoo.

The boys sat in front of us with the kids from the other family that was with us.

We got to see lots of the animals which was great because then we got them out of the way and checked off.

Aiden was excited to see the elephants. They did not have elephants at the last zoo we went to and he was looking for them.

Also included was entrance to the sting ray pool. The kids enjoyed trying to pet them as they went by. Court said she pet one, but it was when no one was with her. She said they felt gooey.

Here is our family with the birthday girl.

Casey even wanted to try feeding them. Tyler decide not to, but then later i think he helped his friend Nicholas feed some. They only wanted to feed the smaller ones. If a big guy would come by they would wait to put their hands in. They would feed them by holding a shrimp or sardine pinched between their fingers while they held their hand flat and the they had to get their hand low enough for the ray to swim over it and suck it our of their hand. Casey said it felt like a vacuum.

We also got to ride the carousel which we did twice. Aiden kept excitingly telling me that he ride the tiger! Well he doesn't really know what a cheetah is.

We went to the petting zoo which is full of goats. I was hocked that Court was willing to pet them! Maybe it was the rubber combs they have for you to use to pet/brush them.

While Court was being oh so brave and off petting each goat, Aiden preferred to stick by daddy's side and look from a far.

Outside of the petting area they had a fake cow which you could "Milk" the kids tell me it was just water.

Aiden did not mind sitting on the pretend animals in the playschool area.

The one thing we were unsure if we would be able to do, but it turned out it was also free with the "magic" membership was a camel ride.

I was sure Adien would be scared and not want to go near the camels, but he said he wanted to ride and so Chad rode with him. He loved it!

Each of the kids went with a friend and it was a short ride. I'm glad we didn't pay the $5.oo fee per rider, cuz let me tell you, we would not have rode.

I told the kids to thank Mackenna and her parents for inviting because this was the best time they were ever going to have at the zoo. we would never be able to afford to pay for each of them to do all the things they got to do on this trip. We had so much fun and it was so nice to be able to go as a family too.