Tuesday in Iowa

Tuesday we went to the Blank Zoo where the Magellanic Penguins are! We also got to walk through an area with free roaming Wallabies ad Emus. The funniest animals were these monkeys called Gibbons. They were chasing each other and make rally loud calls. As we were leaving a news crew was setting up in the lobby. Seems a boy found a baby alligator. A zoo worker was holding the gator in the gift show I got really close to him. I love the zoo!

Iowa shopping!

On Monday in Iowa we went to Archiver's. It's as big as A.C. Moore, but has only scrapbooking stuff. I've been wanting to visit one of these stores for years. I always saw the ads in Creating Keepsakes magazine, but there are only stores west of the Mississippi River. After spending a hour (and blowing my scrapbooking budget) I went next door to a creative toy shop, which had an adult door and a children's door. Then on to the Cheesecake Factory. Yum! While waiting for lunch, Marla looked up the Science Museum is Des Monies on her ipod touch (you'll notice a theme throughout the Iowa blogs) through the Wi-Fi next door at Panera. We decided to go to the 3 pm show where you could touch reptiles! We also saw an IMAX show and played in the exhibits. It was a great day!

A hint of Iowa blogs to come!

My two favorite things about Iowa: My family and wild bunnies everywhere!