A Zoo Review

If you haven't figured it out yet, Freyja is crazy about animals, hence the plethora of photos featuring her checking out some creature and/or playing with the cat. She also likes to point out every animal possible in books, pictures, etc. and yells in excitement when she sees one in public. Future veterinarian? I suppose it's possible. Or, maybe all little kiddies are pumped about animals.

Regardless...

At the end of September we took Freyja to the zoo. Obviously, given her animal fascination, she loved it. I forgot to post the photos at the time, so here you have it...

This first photo cracks me up because these little guys are looking straight at her!


Our local zoo is the middle of a huge park with a large pavilion, a lake with paddle boats, a miniature golf course, and an immense playground, among other things. Since it was a ridiculously hot day, we took her to the fountain park, which is also a part of the whole complex. I don’t know how to describe this place, except to say that it’s a big concrete pad with sprinklers and fountains sticking up out of the pavement for kids to run through and get sprayed by when it’s hot outside. At first I was just going to let her walk around the edge and get her feet wet, so we both took our shoes and socks off and I rolled up my pants and walked her over, but she seemed completely happy and wanting to go in further, so I figured, “Why not?” and we just walked all the way in and got completely soaking wet in all of our clothes. We were laughing hysterically by the time I finally picked her up and carried her out. It was so much fun. All of the other parents looked at me like I was crazy. I wanted to scream, “Hey, lighten up!” but figured it wasn’t worth it.

So, I guess we did have another hot day after all!