A Break in the Weather...so, off to the National Zoo!

      Monday we had the day off from school for Martin Luther King Day. And we had an unusually gorgeous day on the forecast! I loaded up the boys and a couple of their friends and off the National Zoo we went...

     We went with intent to see Bao Bao, the newest member of the Panda family! She is five months old and made her public debut this weekend. The line was an hour long... we were teased with the Panda Cam as we moved along. We watched her roll and stretch, just the cutest little ball of fur! It was fun to see her parents out and about while we waited...

 



When it was our turn to see her, that little panda had drifted off to sleep in her den, out of view of the public.

 

    We did, however, get to see the control center for monitoring the baby cub. It is a pretty impressive technological surveillance situation! (It reminded me of the sports books in Vegas casinos with all those monitors) 

     After the Panda House we continued on our way to find a variety of the kids favorite animals!

 

 

Eddie loved the Red Panda' sleeping in the trees!

 

Lewie is a fan of the reptiles...

 

Everyone loved the Orangutans!

 

 

We were all feeling a little wild and wonderful while enjoying the sun!