The Zoo in Omaha

Brad had some time off last week so we went to the zoo in Omaha. The kids (especially Luke) have really been into polar animals lately so we thought we would go see some up close. He has really been reading up on them and even got some Zoobooks and other books all about penguins for Christmas. They also play Mr. Popper's Penguins where Jack is the admiral and Luke is one of the penguins. It is a really cute book they thought was hilarious.

Luke has learned so many details about penguins that he was confused when a well meaning mom was told him that what were actually the king penguins were the emperor penguins. She heard him ask me where the emperor penguins were. They actually don't have emperor penguins there. How do you handle that nicely?

I miss this zoo so much. Jack sort of remembered all of the exhibits and I told him for the three years we lived there him and Luke were at this zoo every other week! The best part was going with Roberta and her kids! Next time Roberta, I will call in advance and we can hopefully go together.

Luke is about the size of an emperor penguin (his favorite of course because of Mr. Popper's Penguins).

Did you know you can watch them live too? http://omahazoo.com/index.php?p=animalsexhibits&s=penguinwebcam