The bear exhibit is one of the best exhibits at the Seattle zoo. We are standing at the viewing window where the bears like to put on shows by swimming and catching fish. It's amazing to watch these big bears up close and personal. 
The penguin exhibit is new this year. Like the bear exhibit we were able to watch penguins swimming behind a series of glass walls. By the time we got to this exhibit, I was pretty tired and ready for lunch so I didn't really pay much attention to what was going on. 
It's the Zoomazium! After lunch we stopped by an indoor interactive learning/play center where all of the exhibits are nature-themed and appropriate for kids under the age of 8. Behind me in this picture is a foam dinosaur egg that you can build up around yourself and then break out like a baby dinosaur. I sat in it for a bit while mommy and daddy tried to figure out how the egg pieces go together. I got bored waiting for them to figure it out so I went on to the next thing. I'm playing with a zebra puzzle board here, but my favorite part was the gate that opens into the small kid area. It wasn't anything special. I just liked opening and closing it. 
Our last stop on the way out of the zoo was the family farm exhibit where they have a petting zoo. There were almost as many volunteers inside petting zoo as there were goats. When we walked into the pen all of the volunteers all had their camera phones out taking pictures of the goat who was kissing the miniature donkey. I enjoyed this exhibit because the big goats didn't run away from me when I squealed with glee to touch them. I thought maybe it would be a good idea to ride one, but mommy stopped me before I could kick my leg up and over it's back. BUMMER! 
Here is the final fused glass birthday cake platter. We didn't get to use it for Sophia's first birthday, but we will have it for every birthday from here on out. Happy Birthday Sophia.
