…so have you, you, you. You came too, too, too. You’ve been to the zoo, zoo, zoo.
At least you can imagine you were there!
Today was BabyGirl’s second birthday, and we celebrated by meeting friends at a zoo between our homes - about an hour’s drive for each of us.
We did the entire zoo twice, had lunch, watched all kinds of animals, ran and played and wore ourselves out. We were at the zoo for almost 6 hours. It was a great treat, and the kids loved seeing all the “elimals” (it sounds like a cross between Elmo and animal). Especially the monkeys, the “elimunts” (you can figure that one out!) and the penguins. Oh, the penguins.
JediBoy was the first to figure out, by accident, that if he walked along the glass holding a graham cracker, one particular penguin would follow him, trying to get at the cracker. This was so delightful that JediBoy ran, jumped, danced and twirled with the cracker, and the penguin followed him.
It didn’t take BabyGirl long to figure out the game, pilfer her own graham cracker from my bag, and join her brother in taunting the penguins.
They played, and played, and played at this game, much to the delight of our two-year old friend A. (who JediBoy thinks we should call “Giggles” on the blog).
Eventually we moved on from the penguins so that other folks could have a turn. The kids liked the mandrills, the peccaries (javelinas!), and the tigers. Especially this one.
After we finally left the zoo (accompanied by the announcement over the loudspeaker that The Zoo Is Now Closed), we spent a short time at the local bookstore and went out to dinner with our friends Horatio and Ellen, who need no blognames because those are already not their birth names.
It was a great way to spend BabyGirl’s birthday, the weather was amazing and the company marvelous. The animals were delightful and the day was magnificent. And that’s the end of that.
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