Our family braved the masses for Lowery Park Zoo's $5 Day! The zoo was very, very crowded, but we were still able to see many of the animal exhibits and enjoyed the chance to see all of the new construction projects they've recently completed (I hadn't been in years, and this was Kevin & Quintin's first visit ever!). Quintin's favorite animal exhibits were the alligators and the tigers :-D. He also enjoyed feeding the goats, watching the penguins get fed, and looking at the bear (the bear was sleeping with his back toward us, but Quintin was still fascinated, lol). He spent a long time watching the manatees (Mommy's favorite) and was very reluctant to leave the snake exhibit!
The park has a water-play area, one of the first things we enjoyed together, since the weather was sizzling! There were also some small rides, but since they required several tokens each, we did only two. After a short ride on a small "choo-choo train" with Daddy, Quintin begged to take a ride on the larger "tiger choo-choo," actually a small, family-oriented roller coaster. Quintin and I watched the roller coaster go around the track several times while Daddy went to purchase the requisite tokens (I thought that Quintin might change his mind about going once he saw it up-close, but no such luck!). Daddy and Quintin rode together, while Mommy stayed with the stroller & took pictures; they both had a great time, but Daddy had a little less fun than Quintin, since he was straining to brace Quintin from the worst of the rough ride ;-D. The tiger makes three runs around the track and during the first trip around, Quintin's face was fixed in a pretty horrified expression -- I was worried that he'd be permanently traumatized! By the second and third times around, however, Quintin was screaming with glee and when he got off, he begged for another ride, lol. Kevin said later that Quintin had insisted on putting his arms up in the air, like the big kids were doing, and the first big turn was especially frightening to do without holding on (the arms came quickly down!). We love our brave little boy!
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