On Friday, the West Side gals headed out to the Central Florida Zoo for a day of fun. We had such a great time as usual and Monica's friend Tracy (photographer extraordinaire) was able to join us as well, and take some great pictures. The gals enjoyed the petting zoo where us mommys fed the animals so that the girls could have a closer peek. We spent some time near the elephants since it has a big area to just sit and hang out (hence all the pictures in that area (deck)) and of course the girls had fun just walking around and being silly. After the elephants we headed to the splash park in the zoo, Kristin was able to spot the board that was a birthday present for Ava from her grandparents and luckily Ava sat still enough to take a good picture of her next to it (see slide show). Ava ran straight into the splash park while Amelia and Cristiana were a bit hesitant. I'm sure it was somewhat overwhelming for them (plus the water was kind of cold) but it only took Amelia a few min. to warm up to it while Cristiana still was asking me to pick her or she would hang onto my leg when she was standing. She loves water, but I guess all the spraying along with the cold water made her a bit nervous. When she finally felt comfortable enough she let go and mostly crawled around or walked holding my hand (she did take a good amount of steps on her, which she started a few days back). We had a great time as usual with the West Side gals. Hopefully we can visit the zoo more often and eventually Cristiana will run around like a nut in the splash park.

Picture in slideshow are a combination of mine, Kristin's, and Tracy.