My neighbor, Ms. B, her son, little A & I all spent most of Tuesday at the Woodland Park Zoo (WPZ). It was a beautiful sunny day and I LOVE the zoo. I almost always have a current WPZ membership card in my wallet because ... you never know when you'll be experiencing a "sunny-day-with-nothing-much-to-do" kinda day and the zoo is always a great place to go.
If you know me then you know that I am always up for a trip to the zoo - with or without little kids ... I like to just wander around and get lost for a while. The animals amaze me, the gardens & plants always bring me a little ... Zen ... it is, for me, an oasis - a paradise lost! Okay, okay - I know, it's not so much paradise when you're experiencing the zoo from behind bars but that aside - I still love the zoo ...
And hey, it's not all bad! For example, did you know that most zoo's are now an integral part of worldwide conservation & education efforts and that many species that are now lost in the wild exist today ... only in zoos. The WPZ currently partners with 38 field conservation projects taking place in more than 50 countries.
Anyhoo - we were there for some FUN! Nothing more than simple Fun, Fun, fun - not to learn or conservate (I think I just made that word up - if you don't know what it mean ... look it up). We had come to soak up a little of that not so abundant PNW sunshine, get a little exercise, and have FUN - oh ya, and to wear out the baby so he would sleep well later that night!
We just knew that little A would love seeing all the animals, squeal with delight as they pranced about their naturalistic zoobitats and interacted playfully with their cell mates. Sometimes It's even hard for me to contain my delight as I watch all the exotic wildlife at the zoo ...
- little A looks excitedly for the animals -
What did he find ...
- some lazy goats getting ready for a nap -
- a flamingo napping -
- a gorilla napping -
Well, we had obviously arrived at nap time - everyone was asleep so we decided to go to the children's play area which ended up being much more fun
- little A constructing a little bug at the play table -
Day 3 ...
Here is Day 3 of my 365 days ...
If you asked Mike, he would tell you that he is not a caffeine drinker but for those of you who really KNOW Mike you know he is a major caffeine guzzler ... as in he guzzle down about a liter of caffeinated diet Pepsi a day! I am not sure what you would pay for a 2L bottle of Pepsi in Canada but down here - on a good sale - we can get it for about $1.19 a bottle. The other day I was at QFC getting some steak to BBQ (yum) and they had it on sale for .83 cents a bottle. A BOTTLE! That is a crazy good price but. as you can see, they had a 6 bottle limit per customer. Life is so-da good - isn't it!