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'Bonjour Butterfly'...our trip to the zoo!

What's the fourth of July without a trip to the Zoo? Well, officially it was the 5th of July but whose counting? Piper is animal mad at the moment and quite 'keen' on butterflies thanks to one of her new Fancy Nancy books 'Bonjour Butterfly' Since both of the Zoo's in our area have butterfly habitats set up at the moment we thought we'd take the girls to see the animals.

We chose to go to Como Zoo in St Paul, to be honest we'd never been to this Zoo before since we had a membership to the Minneapolis Zoo for the past two years. We L-O-V-E-D Como, and will be returning again soon! For starters it is only $2 for adults and $1 for children to get into the Zoo! That's a bargain! It's small enough so that you can see all of the exhibits in just a couple of hours, perfect for toddlers and preschoolers, AND they have a kiddy amusement park called Como Town inside the park...where there are rides for the littlest monkeys!

Have you ever been so close to a Tiger? Piper was intrigued!

"Daddy, lift me up so I can take a photo with my clicky clicky camera"

the must must must sees were giraffes, seals(aka sealions) and 'azure butterfly'! All other animals were considered amazing and spectacular, but the top three were the absolute bomb!
Now, I have to explain, Piper loves her camera, partly because of a Charlie & Lola episode where they go to the zoo to see all the animals, Lola uses up all her pictures and borrows Charlie's 'clicky clicky camera' to take photos of the seals and giraffes....hence Pipers fascination. The camera was a Christmas gift from Nana Pam, and she has taken to photography like Ms Lebowitz! The camera is tough, built for kids...it's awesome! She really took her time on her photos, and even though the quality of the pictures aren't great, she is so proud and says "that was a good one" whenever she captures her subject in the right pose.