albuquerque!!

Aran's annual Native American Wildlife conference was in Albuquerque this year at the Isleta casino and Hotel and Lilja and I got to go with him.. Great hotel, wonderful pool and I even got to work out every morning,, Oh this momma is getting sooo healthy!!The one thing I wanted to do with Lilja was going to the Zoo. I love zoos and Lilja loves animals.. so great combination.. wink, wink...


Lilja and I lived in this pool. In the morning and afternoon, and then Aran would get off and we would swim some more.. the pool was great, because it was a shallow entrance, so perfect for Little ones.

 

this was my view when Aran would get off.. yes, those are my toes, and no unfortunately no drink in hand..

the zoo!!! Lilja loved sitting on all the statues.

there were a lot of babies.. here is Jasmine... the little baby elephant.. Did we have a conversation about who we knew with the same name.. too funny!!

OK, this "watering hole" was by far the favorite thing to do at the zoo. We had only done 1/2 of the zoo and Lilja was getting hungry and tired.. what better thing to do than to get wet.. and let's just say there was not a dry part on Lilja's body!! You have to wait and water shoots out from the bottom in different areas at different times. We kind of figured out the pattern so Lilja got soaked!! see the previous video for more fun!!

yep, SOAKED!!

 

OK, second favorite was feeding the giraffe!! yes, she got to feed her.. Lilja was a little timid.. understandable as the head was as big as her.. but she fed her.. Oh so cool!!

 

 

 

This guy wanted food and Opened his mouth for us too when we stood really close.. I was so impressed I forgot to take a photo when we were staring in his mouth..

Yep, the two silly girls.. on a train tour..

 

another animal to sit on

and the real ones to watch

But the highlight of this zoo, and the reason why we came is this guy.. His name is Luke and as you can see he is a koala. Lilja has been watching this show called Koala Hospital.It is a real show about this vet office that takes care of Koalas in Australia. She is obsessed about koalas right now.. and lambies ofcourse..  I found out that this zoo had a koala and so we saw him first on the list.. When we walked up he was asleep ad we only saw his bum and I was so disappointed for Lilja, but when we walked away he woke up.. kind of.. Thanks Luke, for making Lilja's day!! 

He is right there behind us!!

The feeding pond was pretty cute. You could feed the "fat" ducks and the huge carp.. Lilja was loving it..See all these experiences, I love seeing them through Lilja's eyes.. I turn into a little kid and have as much fun as she is having.. sometimes maybe more:) We also went bowling and shopping for school clothes.. She got some lightup shoes.. so excited.. It was a great trip !!