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Brookfield Zoo - what a pretty day!

Here we are after toting four hyperactive kids around the zoo for three hours. No, we're not tired at all...

Erin & Ariel under the patriotic bear

Elissa & Molly OVER the patriotic bear.

Elissa the Giraffe

Molly the Walrus and Ariel the Butterfly

Best Friends - Erin & Ariel

Best Friends - Elissa & Molly

Erin the monkey - strangely appropriate.

The next generation of American citizens. Scary.

A bird.

An elephant.

A snow leopard - didn't this picture turn out great?!

Here kitty, kitty, kitty...

Just a regular leopard

Two gorgeous cats - Tigers

My absolute favorite animal...

The Lion.

An Ostrich

Penguins

These polar bears were great! And quite at home considering the temperature outdoors...

The new polar bear cub (not so small anymore).

Autumn is wonderful - the grounds at the zoo are as wonderful as the animals themselves.

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Just Vickie acting wierd. Again.