Family Time Visit at Zoo Atlanta

First I want to say that this post is not sponsored but does have affiliate links.

This past weekend, my girls and I had a fabulous time hanging out with each other.  Our weekend was suppose to be a relaxing one but how can we sit down and relax when it is the starting of summer!

I was invited as media to attend a Puma shoe event on Saturday to do live twitting of the event, but my daughters didn't want to go look at shoes.  I actually second that thought since this event is filled with men and I don't feel comfortable being there with my daughters.  Plus, I hardly wear tennis shoes anyway and this doesn't fit my niche.

We were also invited to attend the early morning screening of Earth to Echo but my daughters were too tired to get up and ready.

So what were we to do with ourselves for the first day of summer?  A light bulb went on in my head and I asked the girls, "how about we go to the zoo?"   You know they were excited to go there and without hesitation they said, "YES!"

I went around my apartment looking for our monthly community coupon book we get in the mail that has discount coupons in it that also includes coupons to Zoo Atlanta.  I couldn't find it but that didn't stop us from going.

Saturday was hot and humid!  I kept thinking to myself we're going to be sweating like hogs out there walking in the zoo, plus the smell of hot animals is going to be horrendous! 

We got to the zoo and the heat wasn't too bad due to the trees throughout the zoo giving us shade.  The zoo animals actually didn't smell bad either because the zoo keepers did quite well with the upkeep.

The girl's dresses were show stoppers while at the zoo, everyone was telling them how pretty they looked and wondering where I got the sundresses from.  These dresses are from The Children's Place summer collection of last year.   Thank goodness the girls haven't outgrown them yet since they've been growing like weeds!

We found out that the zoo that day had a Asian type theme going on.  Come to find out it was Asian Heritage Day there.  Throughout the zoo, there were sections where kids would get a stamp on their to-do paper they received at the entrance of the zoo to visit animals that came from Asia, after they received all their stamps they get a prize.  There were also Asian dancers performances going on too.

We arrived at the zoo at 2:30pm and was told we had until 3:30pm to visit all the Asian sections at the zoo with our to-do list filled out to get a prize, but unfortunately we didn't have it done in time and missed out on the prizes- good thing the girls were not upset by this. 

While walking around the zoo looking at all the zoo animals, a storm came rolling in.  We didn't let rain ruin our time, we found shelter in the gorilla exhibit while the storm passed.  The storm must have scared the visitors because once the rain was over and we went walking around again we notice hardly no one was left at the zoo.  This was great because we pretty much had the zoo to ourselves.

We got to see everything, unlike other times we've been to the zoo.  We stayed at the zoo until the security guard told us the park was closed.  So we were at the zoo from 2:30pm to 6:30pm.  My feet were hurting with all the walking and I was exhausted but my girls insisted on swimming at our community pool when we got home.  

What a great, eventful time we had on Saturday!  The girls wanted to go out on Sunday but my body was not up to it, I needed the rest.

I want to make this summer epic and keep my girls busy.  I'm planning to do a lot of fun things with them like heading back to Six Flags to visit their new water park since they have free passes, visit museums, and plus our road trip coming up.    They'll have a lot to talk about when school is back in session.

Interested in visiting Zoo Atlanta?

General Admissions

Adult (ages 12+)- $21.99

Child (ages 3-11)- $16.99

Child (ages 2 and under) Free

For more special offers, click here.

Did you like the photos?  These were taken with my new Samsung Galaxy S5 phone.  I had the S4 but the photo quality wasn't that great and I had to use the Snapseed app to make the photos bolder.  Plus the S4 kept crashing and giving me the black screen so I went through 3 refurbished S4 phones before I finally decided to make a upgrade.

I've had the Samsung Galaxy S5 phone for a week now and I love it!  The photos comes out like it was taken from an actual camera (phone has a 16- megapixel camera).  I've been in the market for a new camera for this blog but I may hold off a little while longer because this phone takes some great photos.  If you're in the market for a new phone I highly recommend the Samsung Galaxy S5.

What are your plans with your kids this summer?

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