The Mamminas: Trip to the Dallas Zoo

At the end of October, we took the boys on an outing to the Dallas zoo. We'd been waiting until the weather cooled off a bit to go. It was still quite warm, but it was definitely bearable. We try to go to the Dallas zoo or the Ft. Worth zoo at least once a year. This year, we invited a young girl named Matilde to join us. She is an Italian exchange student who is being hosted by one of Mario's coworkers. It was a great opportunity to get to know her as well as for Mario to practice his Italian! Although, I think she was enjoying practicing her English! Haha! I loved talking with her about cultural differences between our two countries. It was so nice that the boys were older this year--we were just able to pull the wagon along instead of having a stroller, and they could hop in and out as they pleased. We packed a picnic lunch too--it was a really fun day!

first stop--the penguins!!!

the boys checking under the water for swimming penguins

(notice the shades) ;)

they loved the elephants...

also on display was some of the elephants' artwork. one of the girl elephants stamps her foot into paint and creates colorful art on big paper! sorry i forgot to get a pic of it...the art was actually for sale, though i'm sure it was a fundraiser!