Jungle Island!

We had Arora only for the weekend - so we decided to make it memorable! We scooped up Darren & Kelli and all went on an adventure to Jungle Island. (For those of you who don't know what this is, it's a zoo + theme park). First, we decided to feed the parrots. They were lined up along the path as you walked in. At first, Arora was like, "NO WAY am I going to feed one of those!" But then she saw all of the adults feed them with no problems & she decides to give it a try. The first ones were very gentle as they slowly used their tongues to scoop the food out of her palm.
Unfortunately, the next one she picked to feed was a really LIGHT PINK one that was in a really bad mood. As soon as she held her little hand up for the bird to eat from, he nibbled her little finger and kept at it! He was very proud of himself & squwaked & danced around afterward too!! (Stay away from these ones!) We all just wanted to take the little bugger out right there - but there were cameras & none of us could afford to pay for the stinker! I was so sure that that would be the end of the day for her, but Daddy got her an ice cream to help with the healing & we were off to the tiger show. (Auntie Kelli made sure that they took the bird away, though, so no one else would be attacked!)


We saw all kinds of baby tigers & even a liger (tiger/lion mix)! There was also a 2 year old monkey & a little skunk who joined the show. We walked around and saw some grown (and I mean GROWN) up tigers &


a Liger (900 lbs, 11 ft long), more beautiful parrots, monkeys & orrangutans, goats & alpacas, pot belly pigs, turkeys, roosters, giant turtles, a crocasaurus (this guy was like a school bus!), an albino alligator, all kinds of snakes, african penguins... and tons more.

We probably only really saw like 1/2 of the park & then we were all too hungry to continue, so we ate & relaxed. We came home & all took a nice long nap! Then Daddy took Arora to the park to swing (really high!), we ate dinner, read bible story books & hopped into bed. What a day!
I've added some pics so you all can see some of the highlights! Enjoy!