If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them!

In keeping with the old saying, "f you can't beat them, join them," we took our very own wild-things to the zoo today. As you can see, they found the tiger especially frightening! (Do I have a couple of Drama Queens, or what?) We live in a small city, but we consider the zoo to be good enough because they have some real animals too.

I don't remember what this bovine creature is called. Luckily for me, I have a 16-year-old who knows everything. I just don't feel like dragging him away from his adventures in World of Warcraft at this very second to remind me. At any rate, this critter would have come home with me if we'd let him. He's in an area where there is just a fence between him and his admirers. Of course I had to reach in to touch him (I have a taste for danger!). Within a second of him getting close enough for me to reach him, I had found his itchy spot. After I gave him a good scratch, he proceeded to try to follow me until his enclosure prevented him from going further. Poor guy! I personally think he'd look very nice in our back yard.

My husband and son are real cat people, but they don't sport cool spots like this girl. So stylish!

 

To the right. To the right...

To the left. To the left...

Now hop!

OK... 'nuff of the Zoo boogey.

Oh... well maybe just a little more zoo-boogey...

¿Cómo estás, Issa?

(Wow - all that Dora has really paid off!)

Swiper - Noooo swiping!

All three kids had their favorite animals and exhibits, although The Skink may have thought the wacky mirror was the best exhibit of all.

Afterward we went to our favorite Chinese restaurant for dinner. Broadway and Iraq quickly found what animal represents their birth years. Broadway is proud to be a Boar. He was kind enough to explain to The Skink that a boar is a pig. Later The Skink was playing with one of the apps on my iPhone and found a picture of a pig. She held it up and said, "Look! It's Broadway!"

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