Brendan's Field trip to the Zoo!

The last field trip of the school year...the Denver Zoo.
I try and volunteer a few times a year in each of the boys' classes. This year I didn't have the opportunity to help out with anything in Peyton's class- except for providing supplies for parties and such. Brendan's class had 2 field trips this year and the date of the zoo worked with my schedule, so here we are.
There were 5 parent volunteers for each of the 2nd grade classes (4 classes total). Getting 2 school buses loaded was a chore- and we hadn't even left school property yet. One parent said, "it is Friday the 13th, what did we sign up for??" LOL. The trip went very smoothly, though, and it was a lot of fun. 2nd graders are hilarious.
We got to the zoo at 9:30 and basically did whatever we wanted until 11:35, when the kids attended a "World Biomes" class. So, my group of 3- Brendan, Vanessa and Jessica- headed to the animal nursery. We had a list of all the recent births in the zoo and the girls of the group couldn't wait to see the recently hatched baby turtles {me included!}. On the way to the nursery, we saw the Bighorn Sheep lamb. The whole family was together.

After their class- we headed over to Tropical Discovery to see the fish, turtles and snakes. This is one of my favorite spots at the zoo. The frogs, fish and turtles are so fun to see...

<-- looking at the kimono dragon.

We saw a lot of animals- including multiple sightings of the wild peacocks roaming the zoo and 3 seals playing in the water. The kids got to touch a real Tiger hide and see the Penguin feeding.
On the way to the buses I asked what their favorite part of the trip was and Jessica shouted "the giraffes", Vanessa shouted "the baby turtles" and Brendan shouted "all of it".
Then on the bus Vanessa said to me, "Mrs. Sharp, you are very nice". Ahhh, what a sweet child.