Papa gets new perspective on zoo

I hadn't seen the zoo's dressup room before this visit there with Meaty, Bananz, and Vivi but I came away impressed with the zoo's appreciation of how much kids like to dress up and pretend they're adults......or animals. Bananz & meaty had a great time putting on veterinarian smocks and various animal costumes, and also trying to walk around in flippers. It's definitely as much or more fun than just looking. I just hadn't thought of a zoo providing that kind of experience before. So I learned something about kids....by going to the zoo.

Smiling aboard the bronze tortoise

Meaty and Bananz discover flippers aren't easy to use on dry ground

Young Vets

Bananz as tiger

Meaty as brown bear

Comments

Vivi said…

If you can get past the germy-ness...it IS a fun place. :)

May 1, 2010 at 4:50 PM

Hilary said…

I had no idea the zoo offered that for kids! I guess I learned something, too.

May 1, 2010 at 7:03 PM

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The Gentle Smith Matriarch

We met in 1966 when she was 18 and I was 22. We began dating soon afterward, and as I recall never disagreed on much. Our childhood homes were 3000 miles apart and we loved Minnesota and each other, so we got engaged in July 67, married in December and moved into a house with a teenage foster daughter. This was followed by , Daughter 1 the following September, Daughter 2 three years later, Daughter 3, a year and a half later, ..and eventually Son, 3 years later. There were also about 15 different short-term teen-foster boys in those years. The gentle matriarch has worked her whole life, hard. I went to college nights for a few years, she worked outside the home part-time while the kids were growing. She spent frugally, loved lavishly, and has always cared first and foremost about her family. She is a gentle giant who has brought love, fun, discipline, imagination, good food, and artistic, creative homemaking to our big family....and as I write this she's preparing for Easter Dinner...

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