Pairi Daiza

Today, we spent the day at a very cool zoo located near Mons, Belgium.  So many of parts of it didn't feel like a zoo at all.  There were Asian gardens throughout the park, and so much of it really felt like a work of art. It has a big price tag at 67 euros for the three of us, but it was worth it.  See for yourself....

Look at this place!  Isn't it beautiful!!!

There were squirrel monkeys on a small island.  They would just hop on your shoulder.  The kids LOVED this!

There were also bird enclosures, and these guys were friendly too.  This one is trying to eat Thomas' zipper, and he also tried to eat Amy's diamond on her ring!  

We were able to go back and feed the monkeys.  They like mealworms...yuck!  Notice the crowd.  It was nuts during feeding time.

I believe Thomas might be illegally feeding the giraffe some leaves from a  local shrub...the giraffe did not mind one bit. 

Another illegal feeding

I told McKenna to make her crabbiest face....

and this is her sweet, happy face.  But, the poor thing was so sick by the end of the day.  She held a plastic puke bag all the way home.  

It was at this point that Allison's pinky finger accidentally went up the elephant's trunk.  Gross!

More monkeys...with scary booties. :)

Everything is starting to bloom.  So pretty!

We attended a birds of prey show.  You know how we like owls. ;)

This was the look on Allison's face during most of the show.

And then we got to feed lemurs.  They were hilarious.  They would jump from shoulder to shoulder like the monkeys, but they were a lot heavier.  One even ran over the top of my camera! 

This guy was a riot.  He sat that way for several minutes in all his glory!

But, a lesson was also learned.  Poor Braeden REALLY wanted to hold one of the lemurs, and the lemur disagreed.   The lemur did quite a number on his little hand when he tried to pick him up.

This mama has a baby on her belly and her back.  The babies were only a week old.   After she came right down next to all of us, she took the babies back up to the rest of the group, and they all gave the babies a bath.  As they say, it takes a village to raise a child.

More Asian gardens

There were also rope bridges that extended over a large part of the zoo.

I'm sure the kids' favorite part was this massive playground.  It was really fun!

And, as we looked for souvenirs to take home, we found that name bracelets weren't going to be something for us.  We loved the very French names!

Wishing you all a very happy Easter weekend!  We are humbled by the ultimate sacrifice that was made for us, and rejoicing in the miracle of His resurrection.

Until next time,
Wendy