Mesker Park Zoo

We took a weekend to head up to Indiana to visit mom and dad (Bebe and Papaw) recently. It was an absolute beautiful weekend and we took full advantage of it by visiting the Mesker Park Zoo. We have been to several zoos now with our lil' lady (Cincinnati and Louisville), but this one was by far the best zoo for a small toddler!! First of all there were no crowds at all. There were several times in the day when it seemed like we were the only ones there. That was perfect for Lylah because she could walk most of the time, which was what she wanted to do. The zoo is a lot smaller, but it still has some really great animals and some close encounters as well. They actually have a giraffe feeding which was really cool. Of course before the feeding we were helping the giraffe get to the leaves he was trying to reach. Lylah was so cute picking up leaves and taking them over to the giraffe, she was not nervous at all. In fact later on in the day when we were visiting the rhino, a zoo worker stood right outside the cage and was giving him a belly rub, Lylah just looked at us like "okay, it's my turn now". The girl loves her some animals that is FOR SURE!! She did all of her animal signs and noises and just really had a lot of fun! So did we for that matter!!