(Mountain) Lions and Tigers and Bears

For Mom's birthday, Gavin really wanted to go to the zoo to celebrate. So ten months after landing in Colorado, we finally made a trip into Denver to grant Gavin's wish.

Since he is the Kelty hiking carrier's biggest fan, we opted to treat the day as a hike instead of having Gavin use the stroller. We realized immediately that although we were the only family to opt for the baby/toddler on the back, it was the best decision because Gavin was able to see the animals over the fences wherever we went. Gavin got a special treat during snack time as there were free-roaming peacocks on the lawn where we stopped to setup our mini-picnic.

His favorite animals seemed to be peacocks, rhinoceroses, seals, fish, and polar bears. In all other cases, he was more interested in people-watching than animal watching. In the case of the peacocks, Gavin was so interested by them that when the peacocks let out one of their heard-around-the-zoo calls, he tried to echo their call back. His final achievement of the trip was to say "fish", pronounced "fsss", and make the sign at the same time.