Wild Thing!

We had the best trip to the Dallas Zoo today. They have recently remodeled the Children's Zoo. They have added a section called the Underzone. Kids can crawl through a burrow and pop-up in a safety bubble, eye level with a family of dwarf mongoose. There is also a new Bird Landing where children can feed live worms or seeds to birds from around the world.
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Caleb brought his calcite geode to the Nature Exchange. He's been working on getting enough points to exchange for a beautiful Tiger Cowrie shell ever since he read the book, The Secret of the Golden Cowrie. Today he finally had enough points! Abigail traded up for a sand dollar and Jess picked up two crystals.
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If you haven't checked out the new Zoo Rangers, they are a must! It is a super cool hand held GPS system, with a 4" LCD screen. It knows where you are in the zoo, and gives you great details from the zoo keepers. There are even fun Q&A's for the children after each section of the zoo. I only heard two references to evolution and billions of years, but if your kids have a Biblical Worldview they will dismiss it. But overall it was an awesome asset to the zoo experience!

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Oh, we cooled off at the pool after the zoo, with another rousing round of 'drown the cousin.' Then Jon took the boys to the Little League Majors All-Star game tonight.