Audubon Zoo: New Orleans

For my last weekend that I can travel, we visited the Laurel, Phillips, Isabel and Caroline Jenkins in New Orleans.  This was the first time to meet Caroline since she was born January 8, 2012.  She is precious and such a good baby! We had a pizza dinner Friday night with the Jenkins and Liz and Daniel Wisner, Phillips' and Hyde's cousin. Saturday morning, Hyde was able to ride with Daniel's cycling group and had a great time with the big group.
We headed to the Audubon Zoo for lunch and the afternoon! It was warm and very crowded, but everyone had a great time. Here are a few pics from the afternoon:


Isabel ready to go!

The Elephants!!

Waiting on the Carousel (first pick of animals)

Laurel and Caroline looking glamourous in the heat.

Isabel loved the Carousel.

Jane was excited about the Carousel until she stepped on it.

Jane absolutely hated the Carousel. I was so surprised!

Two peas in a pod!

Jane on the cheetah

Jane showed us one of her new dance moves after riding the cheetah. She got it from the preview of Madagascar on one of her DVDs. She turned and looked at Hyde and put her hands on her hips and started moving them from side to side and sang, "I like to move it, move it!" So great!

I've never seen a more active giraffe. He galloped around in front of us then would stop and pose. I've actually never seen a giraffe run before. It is very graceful and looks like he is in slow motion. We all loved the giraffes!

Snowcones!

The Train Ride: Right before they sacked out

She is out!

The Rountrees arrived at the house right before we pulled up from the zoo. The kids had a great time together.  For dinner, the adults went out to dinner at Bistro Daisy on Magazine Street. It was nice to have an adult night out!