The Zoo

Monday was exciting to all kids and teachers alike. Martin Luther King Jr. Day! We were out of school so I decided that the girls and I needed to do something fun and exciting. How about the zoo? Sounds great right....

So we leave around 11:00 and grab lunch. Chick-fil-a the girls favorite. We drive downtown and to my amazement we land right in the middle of the parade route! Only me right. I didn't know how to get there so I asked my car to tell me. I love my little GPS in my car! As I get closer to the destination after several wrong turns, the roads were being closed off by police cars. They were letting the parade people leave. My car was telling me to go down the closed roads so I tried to figure out how to get around it. TRAFFIC!

Finally an hour later and two snacks down in the car (yes we just ate and they ate another snack), we got there.
It was so crowded.I couldn't change my mind after all that right. So here we go. Up to the counter to buy tickets and find out it is free day. GREAT! not in a good way. That just added to the crowd! My little family outing just turned into a fight the crowd event.
Of course the girls didn't mind they loved it.

We got the map and decided Vallerie only wanted to see the giraffes and Vic wanted to see the Elephants. They were of course at the end of the little route so we had to see all the other stuff first.

We saw the frogs, (for Gege) flamingos for (Cheryl) and on and on.
Eventually we came to the antelopes. Vallerie asked what they were, here is the conversation that followed:

Me: They are antelopes
Val: Cantaloupe
Me: No antelopes
Val: I think they are cantaloupe
Me: No, that is something you eat, Antelopes are that animal that looks like a deer sort of
Val: (under her breath) They smell like cantaloupes

Next exhibit
Vic: Hey that is a yacht
Me: What?
Val: you know a yacht
Me: A YAK
Vic: No I think it is called a yacht
Me: shaking my head, no the word is YAK but that isn't a Yak it is another antelope
Val: cantaloupe?


I give up!

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