First Trip to the Zoo!!

Miss E had her first trip to the Zoo this past weekend!  It was a gorgeous day (we're talking sunny 70's!) and Aunt Jill and Uncle Tom were visiting the 'Cuse.  So we packed the wrap, water, sunglasses and some cheerios and headed to Rosamond Gifford Zoo.  As to be expected on one of the first fine days of Spring, the Zoo was a zoo.  Parents, babies, strollers EVERYWHERE.  I think Jill and Tom were a little shell-shocked :)  It was strange, but somehow I was able to tune out all the craziness and focus on our family unit of 5.  I have a feeling this new-found ability may be what turns into "we-are-the-only-family-in-this-zoo/park/movietheater/concert/library/publicpool/restaurant/etc-you must-bend-to-our-will-and-deal-with-our-screaming/running/fighting-offspring" in some families.

:)

Here's hoping that is not what happens to us! 

E was funny - she was mostly looking around at the other people and trying to find a place where the sun wasn't stabbing her in the eyeballs (another vampire-child in the making, Lois?).  She didn't notice the animals much and when we pointed to one, she'd more than likely look at our finger.  EXCEPT when we saw the "fisher" enclosure!  The fisher looks like a cross between an otter (the cuteness) and a badger (the stockiness) and E was ENTHRALLED with him!  Jess had her in a wrap and she kept squealing and kicking out her little legs whenever he would scamper by.  A few times he came right in front of E and stood up on his furry hind legs, pressing his front paws up against the fence.  She loved it!  And HER antics were starting to draw a crowd; we heard people laughing and whispering to each other, "Watch the baby!" whenever she'd shriek at the fisher's every jump and hop.  It was pretty darn cute.

E was a trooper - I think the grownups got tired around the same time she did.  And then, in the Rosamond Gifford Zoo parking lot, we decided to get Dinosaur BBQ.  For takeout.  Thus, our day was complete.