Spring Break : The Omaha Zoo

Hello friends! I’m checking in quickly in the midst of our “at home” spring break. This year I decided to try and make our lame, no beach spring break a bit more fun, so I enlisted my mother-in-law on a road trip. She had no idea what she was in for…but a few hours north (and a few episodes of Jake and the Neverland Pirates too many…yo ho ho my butt) we arrived in Omaha, Nebraska, where we spent two nights. We stayed in the Old Market area of downtown and LOVED it. We can’t wait to go back in the summer when it’s a bit warmer and there is more time to explore.

Our main reason for visiting was to see the Omaha Zoo, and although it was cold, we had a great time. I only ended up with photos of the aquarium and the cat complex, mostly due to a certain two-year-old in our midst. He loved the aquarium, so that was easy…then he fell asleep right before the cat complex, so that worked out too. Other than these photos below, you’ll have to follow our trip through the lens of the iPhone on Instagram, under the hashtag #springbreakin. It’s much easier to whip out an iPhone when you’re wrangling a cranky toddler through an indoor rainforest than it is a giant DSLR. The more you know…

We adored the zoo, and the kids are still talking about our trip. Lu can’t stop talking about the penguins and the baby lions (photo below…they were so cute, walking around like drunk, lion toddlers!) and Tate keeps talking about the hippos and monkeys. I was a huge fan of the tigers, as you can see below. And the gorillas were incredible! One baby gorilla and her mama spent about 15 minutes trying to communicate with Lu through the glass. It was such a surreal and incredible experience. It was cold, but many of the zoo’s exhibits move indoors for the winter months, so there was still a lot to see. Trent’s mom (Grammy) went with us and not only slept on a hotel couch-bed, but also took Lucy swimming in a questionable hotel pool while I napped with Tate. We are so lucky to have her in our lives.

I hope you are all enjoying your spring break, and hopefully it’s a bit more springy where you are! I’ll have some more updates on the rest of our break later in the week, including our inaugural trip to the Great Wolf Lodge Indoor Water Park and Hotel. Ack!