We love the Zoo

It's been another busy week. We went to Mommom and Poppop Perrys on Saturady, Mommom and Poppop Ragone's on Sunday, Washington Lake Park and the Pitman Carnival on Monday, an ice cream social at the church on Wednesday and finaly: the Philadelphia Zoo on Thursday.

We love the zoo. It starts and ends the same every time but the middle is what makes it great. It starts with me running around trying to get all the stuff together and everyone wearing clothes that match. During this time I usually get stressed out and try to keep to myself that this was a terrible idea (usually mine with George whole heartedly aggreeing). Then we get there and I worry that it is crowded. It doesn't matter if I only see one car in the parking lot I inevitably say something like "Looks like everyone else had the same idea." (I think this may be an inherited trait from a much loved grandparent:) I've realized this about myself and I try and say it a little less negativily each time! Once we get inside we have a great time. It never fails that at least one animal is exceptionally entertaining. This time there were several: The polar bear swam around for about 10 min. (a rare occurence we are told and very entertaining). The baby tigers were all out and about and so playful and cute! The sloth was hanging in a tree way too close for comfort (I say this and yet I made Christin stand there to show how close it was. I figured if it attacked we'd have time to grab Christin and run before it had moved much). We also got to see a really interesting and fun bird show. The birds were so funny! We especially like one that catches lizards and throws them on the ground to kill them. They demonstrated with a rubber alligator and this bird made sure he was dead. He kept picking him up and throwing him even as the trainers were trying to get him to leave. There were so many neat things I won't name them all but we had a great time.
As I said before the day always ends the same: George has Christin on his shoulders, she's barely awake, he's power walking trying to get to the car and I'm meandering to tired to even try to catch up and just hoping I have time to get to the car before he loads up the kids and leaves without me! We are all dirty, sweaty, and exhausted and it's great. God has created so many amazing animals and the zoo is such a great place to just reflect on the imagination of God. And that's why we love the zoo.