The ZOO.....

Daniel and I made a trip to one of our favorite places today.....the FW ZOO!! He loves that place!! So much so that we bought a zoo pass so we can go as much as we want and it just cost us $50 (which we have more than made up in the number of visits). Kids under 3 are free, so he's free anyway and with our Zoo Pass we can get a visitor in for $3 off. Besides that it's 10% off at all the vendors!! So if you invest in a souvenir cup you get a soda refill for $1.74 with tax!! That's really NOT bad, considering that a regular soda is $1.99 without tax!

So today at the Zoo was apparently "summer camp" day. Talk about annoying. I am convinced that the majority of children who attend those summer camps have parents who would rather be doing ANYTHING but raising children. I know that is a huge generalization, but these kids at the Zoo today were RUDE. They kept running into us, they would walk 15 across the sidewalk, blocking the entire way and we couldn't get past without saying "excuse me," and getting dirty looks not only from the children, but also from their SPONSORS!! What in the world?? Today wasn't even Wednesday (half price day) so I don't know what was up with all the people.

On an upside, we had an odd encounter at the Parrot Paradise Exhibit. There was an older German couple who talked to Daniel....in German! He thought they were fascinating. The woman was in a Rascal, and the man was standing in his odd fishing hat. I don't know what they were saying to Daniel, but he obviously enjoyed it! He was babbling right back at them.

Our favorite exhibit : the kitties (aka the lions) was packed today with little children screaming "WAKE UP" at the lions, who were sleeping (duh). We just kept walking.....I felt so sorry for those poor sleeping kitties.

Our Zoo friends (Caleb and Owen) weren't able to go since it was such short notice, but we're always looking for more Zoo friends to join us. If you're interested let us know!! We try to go once a week.....if we can :)