Zoo trip

Since the weather was nice while we were down in Switzerland, we decided to take Liam to the zoo. This would be his second ever zoo trip, but the first one was to the Augsburg zoo when he was only around 6 months old, so he did not really react to the animals back then.

We went to the zoo in a place called Servion, about 40 minutes outside of Geneva.

The first animals on the agenda were monkeys. I am a big fan of monkeys and I was glad to see that they made a good impression on the boy. Before we left the monkey house, he had learned to say Monkey in English and German, and learned that monkeys go "ook ook ook." Now he is often sitting on the couch and will spontaneously yell out "MON-KEY." Just like daddy.
We departed the monkey house and headed off deeper into the zoo. Although it looks like Liam was following Ryan at this point, really we were all chasing after Liam. Every few minutes he would change direction and race off someplace, usually towards the swings, or back to the animals he just looked at.
Next on the tour were little ponies. Liam liked these because he was allowed to pat them. He is funny with animals, he runs right up to them very close, but then is very very slow and cautious when he is reaching out to touch...
Finally a Canadian animal, an arctic wolf. Liam just yelled "BOW WOW" a lot. I think that is enough of the zoo for today, more to follow.