Niabi Zoo

We were able to go back to Illinois for the weekend to celebrate Ayden's 3rd birthday. The first thing that we did when we arrived was go to Niabi Zoo in Coal Valley. We had a picnic lunch there from Subway. The girls really enjoyed their time there.

They really enjoyed sitting on all the various animal statues.

Grandma bought all of the girls matching sunglasses. It is funny that Hannah is wearing them on her head just like her mama.



The girls loved the coy pond. We let them feed the ducks and fish.







They had a little petting zoo that you could feed the goats, cows, and pigs.

Ayden was much braver when it came to feeding the animals.



You could also feed the birds and they would land on you. One of them even pooped on Jessi.

They had a place that you could feed the giraffes, but we were too cheap to do it. We were still able to get really close to them.







Hannah and Ayden have such a great time together.

Sweet cousins

Yet another statue







At the very end, we took the train around the zoo.

What a fun day!