The Zoo!

This post is a week late, but better late than never, right?! So. A week ago today Josiah and I took Mackenzie to "school." She was delighted to be there, and Josiah was a little lost without her. On our way out of the school and back to our van, I asked Josiah what he wanted to do with the day. He did not miss a beat in saying, "I want to go to the zoo." Okay...I had never been to the zoo at 9:30am, but okay! Let's go! Here is Josiah, enthusiastically marching to see the elephants.
Josiah with the giraffes.

Josiah intrigued by the river otters splashing, playing, and swimming.
A huge tortoise eating a watermelon. Did you know that they only eat twice a week because their metabolism is so slow? And it only takes them about 15 minutes to eat something the size of that watermelon, rind and all. Wouldn't ya know we walked up just in time to watch it eat! :)

The whole day was like that: perfect timing to enjoy each animal to the fullest. The black bear was prowling around, the penguins were swimming, the birds were flying, the prairie dogs were digging, the water buck was in the water hole, the elephant and giraffes were in plain view, the lions were making a deep guttural sound that kinda sent chills down your spine and made you grateful they were in cages, the ostrich was pacing near the fence, the rhino poked its head out to say hello, the chimps were anxious to show off their 1 month old baby, the red pandas also had a baby in the cage, and on and on it goes. I have never seen the animals so active at the zoo. I don't know if it was because of the time of day we were there or the fact that the weather was cooler, but I am certainly grateful for a wonderfully fun day at the zoo with my precious little man.