Tulsa, Oklahoma or Bust

We went on a road trip yesterday to Tulsa, OK to go to the Tulsa Zoo. It was going to be a beautiful day (no rain in the forecast) and we took advantage of it. The kids had a great time...Des loved the zoo, being the animal lover that he is and Stella liked watching DVDs in the car on the trip there and back=;).

Desmond's favorite animal is the elephant. So we went to see them first. When Des first saw the elephants he didn't know what to make of them. I don't think he expected them to be so big. Seeing them in person versus seeing them in books & DVDs are two different things when you are 18 months old! Des started to cry (I think the Chuck E. Cheese experience from the previous day was still too fresh in his mind). But once we calmed him down and told him that the elephant is not going to come too close or hurt us, he seemed to enjoy the whole experience. Des would tell strangers next to him very excitedly, "Look, look, elephant, see? see?". He loved seeing the elephants so much that he didn't want to leave...we had to pry him off of the fence promising him to show him other animals like lions and giraffes and tigers.

Stella & Des looking at elephants

Des telling Dada (in case he missed it), "Look, look, elephant, see?"

We also saw giraffes, penguins, tigers, lions, bears, meerkats, monkeys, primates, zebras, exotic birds and fishes, and reptiles.

Des really enjoyed the exotic fish in the aquarium and in the pic on the right, he is doing his best fish face!

Stella getting up close and personal with a donkey

The last stop was the petting zoo. Unlike Stella, Des didn't pet any animals, but did say "Baa" as he walked past a sheep.


Stella stayed in the stroller for most of the time at the zoo while Des enjoyed walking around as much as he could. We think Stella's mellowness at the zoo, had to do with the fact that she was on her way to getting sick. She has been complaining of a headache since lunch today and has vomited four times this evening. Poor baby!