The Fort Worth Zoo held its annual Homeschool Day today and it was a blast. We have never been to it before, but I think we will make it a tradition. The weather was absolutely wonderful for the whole family(needing a well deserved break from the school routine.) The kids were able to watch a live animals presentation, where zoo keepers discussed interesting facts for several animals as they walked around with them. We found out many new things like: Alligators can retract their eye-balls into their deep eye-sockets because that is the most vulnerable area on them. Owls' heads turn as far as 270 degrees because their eyes are so big that they do not have enough room for muscles to move just their eyes. African Penguins make a sound like a donkey braying etc... Some kids even held a 12 foot python. I said, "Yuck!" Nate really enjoyed that though. The zoo also had many baby animals on display: deer, lions, giraffes, turtles. Our favorite, though, were the baby tiger cubs. They were so cute! We were able to see them playing with their mom. The kids and I really had a great time. It was nice to go and just relax with nature and not have a time schedule to follow.