We renewed our zoo membership for another year today. Janie totally understands now when we tell her we’re going to the zoo. She starts naming animals that she’ll see there. When we arrived, she immediately saw the baby giraffe and zebra right up front and was so excited. She also saw a giant stork and said “big bird”.
Here she is squeezing herself through the crowd of people to get a better look at the gorillas.
She did a lot of running today and happily yelled “running!!”
We also rode the train for the first time today. As we waited for the train to start, she kept saying “vamanos”. This girl really wanted to get going.
As the train zoomed around the park, she was a little unsure of how fast we were going and the tunnel was a little scary. She clung onto Daddy’s shirt the whole time but seemed to enjoy the ride at the same time.
She was also happy to be able to walk on grass this morning. She smiled and said “grass!” We had a little lesson (and tantrum) yesterday about scooters not belonging on the grass. I guess she was reviewing it in her head or something because she also said “no scooter”.
After the zoo, we had pho for lunch. She enjoyed the soup and bean sprouts over the noodles today.
Here’s a little movie about today’s trip to the zoo: