185. "animals!"

Despite the 100 degree weather we braved a day at Riverbanks Zoo.  Each time we take Baby J it is more and more entertaining to watch his excitement over the animals.  He is currently in an animal obsessed phase.  He starts each day by watching his Baby Einstein 'Baby Noah' DVD about animals living in various  habitats throughout the world.
We saw (to name just a few)...
Flamingos - "ducks"
Penguins- which Baby J could only see swimming under the water, therefore he thought they were fish, but he doesn't call fish - fish, he calls them "Dory".  We couldn't figure out why until we realized that Elmo's fish's name is Dorthy and along with currently loving animals, he also really likes Elmo (despite only ever seeing him on TV a couple of times)
Rainforest Birds - which he was fine with looking at, but held on for dear life if one came any where near us while walking through the observatory.
Giraffes- we were able to feed them and that was really fun.
Elephants- Baby J's favorite!!!  He gets excited when they come on his animal dvd, he gets excited to read his elephant book, and he was very excited to see them in person.  If he is as enthusiastic about elephants this fall, I see a themed birthday party and/or Halloween costume in his future.