Saturday Trips

We began our Saturday with a trip to Hogle Zoo to see the new Asian Highlands exhibit. It was worth the trip. The phrase "big improvement" from the old cat house to this doesn't quite seem adequate. It was so fun. Laura's favorite place was a children's room where she got up close and personal with a Siberian Lynx.
She also made excellent friends with the trainer in that room and we learned more than we ever thought we could about that Siberian Lynx. Fortunately, that friendship also was lucrative. She got to play with some instruments in the room as well.We love that we have a season pass to the zoo. Reasons: when it's hot, we can just leave; Laura has learned her way around; we get to see the baby orangutan grow right along with Laura; she plays games with the animals (a favorite being "cheers" with whatever animal she happens to see drinking); and she gets to see her favorite animals doing different things. Today the penguins went for a swim (first time all year) and the giraffe was super close by.
Tonight, we went on a trip without Laura. (Thank you to Jason's parents for watching her!!) We had a little party with Jason's buddies for his birthday. Yes, it was more than 2 weeks early, but we had to go while Superman was still available for movie viewing on IMAX. It leaves tomorrow.

Dinner at Iggy's was super tasty. The fries were out of this world delicious. And, Jason will be doing a review of the movie in a post to follow.