Travel & Vacation: Cute Panda Bears and Wildlife Show at the Atlanta Zoo (Atlanta, GA)
Panda Bear content to relax and eat bamboo
The panda bears were one of the girls favorite animals to visit at the Atlanta Zoo. I think the big fascination was watching the twin panda cubs. It was a little harder to get a picture of both of them at the same time, but the kids loved watching them eat and play. The Wildlife Show on birds was pretty neat too. Of course the girls went up after the show to ask more questions about the birds. The zoo worker was really great with the kids and patient in answering all the questions. On the way out the girls wanted a picture with the gorilla. It was a great day at the zoo.
You can read more about our adventure at the Atlanta Zoo on my Travel & Vacation: Visiting the Atlanta Zoo (Atlanta, GA), Travel & Vacation: Lions, Tigers, Seals, Reptiles, Bears, and more at the Atlanta Zoo (Atlanta, GA), and Travel & Vacation: Orangutan Easter Egg Hunt at Atlanta Zoo (Atlanta, GA) blog posts.
Looking pretty cute!
Look out, showing some teeth this time. Watch out! They may look cute and adorable, but I think it would not be a good idea to pet them with teeth that size.
Someone found an Easter pinata
Loving the bamboo
Peeling the bamboo stick apart, eating some pieces, and putting the other pieces on his belly for later.
Crunchy, but delicious
Good stuff
Panada’s look so cute
Checking things out around the pen
Heading towards some more goodies
Twin panda’s in their cage. One sleeping on the log and the other one eating some bamboo
Relaxing and chewing on some bamboo
Bird Show in the Wildlife Theater at the Atlanta Zoo
Getting all their questions answered
Brina giving Willie B a hug
Karlie and Brina enjoyed the Atlanta Zoo
Karlie all smiles
Travel & Vacation: Orangutan Easter Egg Hunt at Atlanta Zoo (Atlanta, GA)
He’s eying that cool looking pinata egg with sweet Easter treats inside it!
Another one of the neat events at the Atlanta Zoo was the Easter treats for the animals. We were able to get front row viewing at the Orangutan Easter egg hunt. It was super cute. There was a Mommy with a little one which the girls thought was adorable.
The Easter Eggs were made of jello and placed throughout the pen, pinata eggs full of special treats, leaf baskets with goodies, and cardboard cutouts with peanut like substance on the back for the orangutans to enjoy. They had a lot of fun finding and snacking on their treats. Even the baby found some. They had paper garland hanging up which the orangutans enjoyed moving and playing with as well.
You can read more about our adventure at the Atlanta Zoo on my Travel & Vacation: Visiting the Atlanta Zoo (Atlanta, GA) and Travel & Vacation: Lions, Tigers, Seals, Reptiles, Bears, and more at the Atlanta Zoo (Atlanta, GA) blog posts.
An edible Easter egg in the tree and one on the rock in the background….waiting to be found!
Swinging out to get the Easter garland
Oh yeah, this eggs mine!
Climbed up on top of the platform for this pinata treat
Enjoying the goodies inside the pinata Easter egg
Holding the cardboard cutout of the bunny rabbit and licking the treat off the back of it
Hanging out near the hammock picking up and eating eggs, delicious!
Look closely, he’s got a green jello egg in his mouth
Momma and baby
Sitting in the shade – Mom and Baby (the baby is not really little, but obviously still under its Mother’s care)
Mom and baby kisses
Licking the goodness off the back of the cardboard Easter egg decoration
Mom and baby looking for some more treats
The baby wasn’t too sure about everything at first so it stuck near its Mom at the beginning of the Easter Egg Hunt
The baby is getting brave. He is climbing the pole to get the Easter basket, with a little Chick, and goodies.
Made it, now to grab it and head back down.
The Mom watched the baby climb, get the treats, and bring them back down. Then she took the items from the baby and ate them herself, ha! The baby did get some treats, but Momma Orangutan got the first dibs!
Rearranging the Easter Garland in their pen.
Easter Celebrations
It has been a super busy 2012 with all the traveling and activities. I am thankful for the opportunity to spend time with family and friends, but I have been a little behind with my blog updates. Easter week we spent part of our time in Charleston since it was the girls Spring Break and the other part in Greenville. Here are a few highlights from our 2012 Easter Celebrations:
Easter Eggs being dropped by a Hot Air Balloon at Rock Springs. It was fascinating to watch all the eggs falling from the Hot Air Balloon.
We were in Charleston the week of Easter so we went to an Easter story time at the small “village” library in Mount Pleasant. It was a cute little library and the people were super sweet. The girls loved listening to the librarian read Easter stories!
Our neighbors brought over these super cute Easter goodies for the girls when we got back from Charleston. It was a little toy and candy combination which was a huge hit with the girls. It had a bunny rabbit on a bicycle carrying an egg full of jellybeans. Thankful for our neighbors, it was a thoughtful gift. The expressions on Karlie and Brina’s faces in this picture crack me up!
Easter basket goodies! Some fun socks, games, candy, and goodies to celebrate the Holiday.
Trail of Easter Eggs from their bedroom door through the kitchen all the way to the table. The girls were so excited to discover them that morning. You know your kids are getting older when they “ask permission” before picking up and opening the trail of Easter eggs.
Neat craft the girls did in Sunday School. They took a bowl added some dirt, used a twisty tie and sticks to make a cross, a rock, and half an Easter egg. They planted grass seeds in the dirt too. It was a wonderful Easter craft for the kids! Both girls could explain the significance of the cross, tomb (egg), and the rock. The girls loved this activity and I give whoever came up with this idea a double thumbs up!
Karlie on focused on hunting Easter eggs
Brina found a blue egg hidden in the grass
The extra special “car” eggs had a surprise in them…..loose change!
We had fun coloring eggs together as a family on Easter Sunday, here’s one carton full of eggs we did. Thankful for a time to relax and enjoy some time with the family while celebrating the Easter Holiday.
