Omaha Zoo

We went to Omaha this past weekend as a family. We woke up really early. By we, I should say me. We ended up leaving later than we had hoped, but we still made it to the zoo by about 9am. As we arrived the animals were just sort of getting going and the first thing we saw were all the giraffes coming to life. Bennett's eyes got huge and he really couldn't believe what he was seeing. It was such a good time. If you are ever in the area, we would love to take you there!

This polar bear was an expert at keeping people entertained. He would just swim and swim and he would go right up to the glass. At one point his snout was about a couple inches from Bennett's. Made me kinda nervous. He was huge!


We took a train ride that went around the whole zoo. This way we saw everything, and besides, Bennett loves trains! It was a steam engine, so we were glad we were sitting towards the back because it was really loud.




These elephants we actually didn't see up close. That was our only regret of the day, as that is Bennett's favorite animal. I took this pic from the train.


I can't tell who is more excited to see the giraffes:)


This was first thing in the morning and it was kind of funny because they were all straining their necks to try and reach the leaves of the trees. You could just see their minds going "if only I had a longer neck!"


This aquarium was quite amazing. Sharks were swimming over our heads.


It was difficult to keep Bennett in his stroller because it was much more fun to ride on daddy's shoulders.