One of the reasons this day was so fun was that we were able to explore the new children's garden at the zoo! It was filled with all kinds of plants and flowers with animals in their name (Kangaroo Paw, Birds of Paradise, etc.) as well as dirt paths for walking. The kids loved walking (okay, running!) through this garden! And I loved sitting in the shade on a bench watching them explore!
Another picture from the garden!
Next to the garden area is the stage where the kids always enjoying giving a performance of some sort! Today they of course noticed the dinosaur picture on the stage! And we found out that there was a "How to Train Your Dinosaur" show at 1:00pm. So while we were not planning on staying that long, we could not miss out on a Dino show!! Shane was properly attired for it after all!
Despite the very real looking dinosaur, the kids loved it!! I was worried they would be scared, but they thought it was so cool! This was another reason why the day was so fun!!
Here is Faith enjoying the show! Next to her is Isabella (aka Miles' sister! We ran into them at the zoo! What a fun surprise!!) Driving home and asking the kids what their favorite part of the day was, they both agreed it was the Dino show!
After the zoo, we stopped by the newly renovated and improved Padaro Beach Grill! The kids refer to it as the "Sandbox Restaurant" as it has a huge sandbox in the middle for them! And it is right on the beach, with just train tracks (and a fence with ivy!) separating the restaurant and the beach. And we were fortunate enough to have an Amtrak train go by while we were there! The day could not have been any more beautiful, so it was so great to be able to spend so much of it outside!
And the chocolate milk shake was extremely tasty!!
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