The Mehl's: My 1st Trip to the Central Park Zoo!

We took Luke to the zoo for the first time yesterday and we had a blast! We met up with our good friends the Kantor's and we all had a fabulous time checking out the animals. We saw the polar bears, penguins, seals, birds, monkeys, bats and snakes and Luke really seemed to enjoy himself. He would look at the animal and say "Ohhh", which we interpreted to mean "What is going on here, these don't look like my dog". We wished we would have been privy to his internal dialogue because we can't imagine what he must have been thinking. It was really cool to see him checking things out and exploring - we love this age!

After the zoo we walked over to the Children's zoo which is adjacent to the main zoo. This was our favorite spot. Luke was climbing along the fence sticking his hand in for the sheep, goats and alpaca to lick him! We were kind of surprised that he was so willing to get this close to the animals. Once we were done feeding the animals, we strolled through the park and took the subway back home. Luke is SUCH a flirt on the subway and likes to smile and laugh at the ladies. After Luke had picked up two very nice girls who talked to him and laughed at him the entire way back to hoboken, an older gentleman leaned over to Steve and said "Well, he won't have any trouble with the ladies, will he!". He was so tired and hungry, but the girls kept him entertained and happy which was so nice for me and Steve.

Thanks Lauren K, Evan, Maya and Maya's very sweet grandparents for a wonderful day at the zoo!

Checking out the seals with Dad ...