As Chalupa tradition goes, our first trip to the Blank Park Zoo is always the weekend of Memorial Day. In our past three outings, it's never rained and we've always had a great time! Today not only lived up to, but surpassed, expectations!
Carter and I packed a picnic lunch and headed to the zoo while Andy went through training for the Principal Charity Golf Classic next weekend. The skies were blue and sunny, and Carter was all smiles!
Playing cheesers outside the monkey house (please curb your monkey comments ;) )
Carter loved the petting zoo area. She got to feed Koi fish (that smelled awful!!!), goats and THIS guy! The cock-eye smile makes me laugh!!
She giggled and smiled while feeding the llamas. When I told her it was a llama, she said, "where is his mama? At the shop-o-rama?" referencing our favorite books - the Llama, Llama series.
But her favorite part, beating our the risqué giraffe exhibit and my favorite, the lions, were the jelly fish. We usually go to the right at the entrance, but I deviated from the our normal pattern and went left, leaving them for last. Obsessive-Compulsive Carter kept asking to see them, even at exhibit #1. So, when we finally got around to the jelly fish, it was heaven!
After our exciting zoo adventures, a sleepy-Carter and I had a picnic lunch at the park. Even as she was eating - something I swear she could and would do in her sleep - she was yawning and sneaking in "little rests." But there was no turning away from the park! Never!
So she climbed and played in the sand and ran and ran ....
.... cautiously climbing and mastering an unfamiliar park ....
.... and even swinging like a brave little monkey ....
.... ultimately crashing and burning in the car, approximately a block and a half from the park! Carter, the self-proclaimed "non-napper," took a two hour nap after our adventures! Bring on zoo season!
Carter and I packed a picnic lunch and headed to the zoo while Andy went through training for the Principal Charity Golf Classic next weekend. The skies were blue and sunny, and Carter was all smiles!
Playing cheesers outside the monkey house (please curb your monkey comments ;) )
Carter loved the petting zoo area. She got to feed Koi fish (that smelled awful!!!), goats and THIS guy! The cock-eye smile makes me laugh!!
She giggled and smiled while feeding the llamas. When I told her it was a llama, she said, "where is his mama? At the shop-o-rama?" referencing our favorite books - the Llama, Llama series.
But her favorite part, beating our the risqué giraffe exhibit and my favorite, the lions, were the jelly fish. We usually go to the right at the entrance, but I deviated from the our normal pattern and went left, leaving them for last. Obsessive-Compulsive Carter kept asking to see them, even at exhibit #1. So, when we finally got around to the jelly fish, it was heaven!
After our exciting zoo adventures, a sleepy-Carter and I had a picnic lunch at the park. Even as she was eating - something I swear she could and would do in her sleep - she was yawning and sneaking in "little rests." But there was no turning away from the park! Never!
So she climbed and played in the sand and ran and ran ....
.... cautiously climbing and mastering an unfamiliar park ....
.... and even swinging like a brave little monkey ....
.... ultimately crashing and burning in the car, approximately a block and a half from the park! Carter, the self-proclaimed "non-napper," took a two hour nap after our adventures! Bring on zoo season!
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