Chloe's first visit to the zoo

Chloe is now 20 months old and has a good repertoire of animal noises, including:

• "moo" for cows
• "grunt" for pigs
• "ee ee" for monkeys
• "nay" for horses
• "baa" for sheep
• "woof woof" for dogs

So we thought she would enjoy a visit to the Melbourne Zoo, and she did.

The gorillas were out and about - very exciting

The big male gorilla is very handsome

Three tigers

Chloe's new Colobus monkey toy was christened 'ee ee'

The young female elephants were introduced to the big male

And got a bit frisky

The Orangutangs were making grass cloaks

Remarkable sentience

My, the Giraffe is big

And the Zebra's stripes are nice

A high rise meal

A placid emu

Looking for the seals with dad

Found them with mum

"Ee ee" is now a favourite toy, and Chloe is still saying "ee ee sit" some weeks after the visit. We think she is looking forward to the next one.

Here is the full slideshow: