Our first trip to the zoo!

The Solomon family got us a membership to the Philadelphia Zoo, and we have been dying to go. We decided to wait until they were three months old, but ever since then there has been this ridiculous heat wave. We finally decided to brave the heat and make our first visit. As the temperature outside as measured by our car hit 90 degrees at 10am we were a little worried, but with all the shade it really was not that bad.

Having twins in infant car seats in a stroller is not very easy at the zoo. Unfortunately although his head control is there, Riley is not ready to be forward facing in daddy's carrier - he is too short and his face is covered by it (which was pretty funny). In case you're wondering, its folded down in the pic below.

 Fortunately, Logan was able to face forward (that is until it got too hot). After that, we managed to trade off taking the boys out of the stroller so they could see as much as possible.

We started off our visit with the otters, hippos, zebras, giraffes, rhinos, and polar bears.

We were excited to show the boys the penguins so that we could explain that Penguin is really a dog and that real penguins are birds. Riley was mostly just interested in the picture plaque about the penguins.

 Logan was actually watching the penguins and was following them with his eyes/head as they swam around. At the end of the day, he told us that the penguins were his favorite.

Both the boys wanted to go play with the tortoises in the mud, until they realized exactly how huge they were.

 While we ate lunch, there was a peacock and her little baby walking around. Riley said he plans on following his mommy around everywhere too.

By that time we were all feeling pretty hot, so we decided to visit some of the indoor exhibits - rare animals, reptiles, and primates.

 Riley had been talking about crocodiles and alligators from the moment we told him we were going to to zoo, so we HAD to go see them.

Riley said that the reptile house was definitely his favorite and that he still wants to pet an alligator.

 Mommy and daddy really liked this guy (above). He's so cute!

After the primate house, we swung by the children's zoo, but we were looking pretty exhausted, so we decided to head home.

Some fun shots.... hey, we tried!!!

When we got home, mommy and daddy were exhausted, but the boys were refreshed from their nap on the car ride home. In fact, Logan was so energetic that he decided to roll tummy to back for the first time!

We had been concerned that Logan was behind, as Riley rolled 3 weeks ago, but a nurse told us that Riley rolling at 3 months was really early and likely a result of his acid reflux. According to her, Logan's roll was not behind at all!