Zoo Class

I'll apologize for the lack of pictures, but I had two three-year olds under my care. It was great, but no spare hands.

After weeks of waiting and the constant questions of "Is it zoo camp day?" and "Is it Friday?" The answer was finally "YES!" As you can tell our home has been anxiously awaiting this wonderful day!! I signed her up to take a class at our local zoo. We invited Ms. A's friend, Mr. A, to come along. We have a play date with Mr. A and Ms. A was tickled to have him come with us. I got everyone loaded up and we took a ride on MAX to the zoo. The kids were chatting excitedly about the train and the animals they would see.

We had two wonderful volunteers, Rosie and Peggy, who talked to us about animal families. The children loved hearing about the way different parents take care of their babies. Ms. A, Mr. A and the other children did a few activities. Then the volunteers talked about birds and how they take care of their young. The kids were excited to make a nest (shredded paper) and feed their babies (us adults) their worms (felt and paper - no real worms). They also protected us from the mean eagle, Peggy, who wanted to take away the babies. Ms. A has a very threatening "CHEEP!" that scared away the eagle.

After the activities, we met Priscilla the male tortoise. We were able to pet Priscilla with two fingers and on his back because our fingers look like carrots to Priscilla. We also petted the softest rabbit and saw a family of mice. Ms. A loved petting the animals. We went and visited some zoo babies, as well. Our zoo has three baby Visayan warty piglets, a new Saki Monkey and of course Samudra the elephant, Sam for short. We loved seeing the elephant and the piglets. The monkeys weren't out.

It was a wonderful morning. All of us had a great time!!