Spring Break

My friend Kelly and I took our boys to the Wildlife Safari in Winston during Spring Break. We had such a fun day! The kids did great despite having to spend most of the time in the car. When we first got there we walked through the village area where we saw cheetahs, monkeys, and other various creatures in cages.
Eli, John, Ronan, and Griffin

Thanks for posing for us, Cheetah!

There is a small petting zoo with goats and miniature horses--Eli was a little freaked out by the goats at first since they were so close to his eye levle. (:

My Little Lambs (:

Checking out the monkeys

The ways these monkeys played (and fought) reminded me of my boys. (:

Then we were off to drive around the safari. The sun came out as we were driving, and all the animals were active and close to the road for us to see. It was such a fun experience for the kids!

Something new to the Wildlife Safari is an Elephant Car Wash! The elephants are trained to spray water from their trunks onto the cars, then they use a sponge to "wash" your car. We didn't want to pay to have it done, but we were able to get close enough to see the whole process. Pretty cool. (:

These bears were playing around up on their hind legs.

Griffin was excited about the zebras!

Ronan's favorite part was watching the ostrich come right up to the car window!