The Zoo

We decided to take Addison to the zoo this past Saturday since we figured it would be our last chance before it got too hot to step outside for the rest of the summer. It was the perfect day to go. The temp was somewhere in the 80's and there was a nice cool breeze. Addison absolutely LOVED it! She is in such an animal phase right now. All she ever wants to do is look at puppies on the computer or watch animal planet. We had so much fun walking around the zoo. Addison would point out all of the animals and tell us what they were. Everything was either a puppy, kiki (kitty) or bird (imagine her saying bird the way Bambi says it for the first time, it's too cute), as those are the animals she knows how to say. She liked the monkeys, although she calls them "mommees". Not quite sure what to think of that! =) She enjoyed the entire zoo, but the petting zoo was her favorite. Give that girl a stinky animal to chase around and goat pellets to fall into and she's in HEAVEN! It was so cute to watch her. They hand out brushes to brush the goats and sheep with and she thought that was the best since she's always trying to brush mommy & kitty's hair at home. She would walk up to one animal and start to brush it, then as it ran away she'd just chase it saying "puppy bye-bye". I was really surprised how quickly she just jumped in there and started playing with the animals. She had absolutely no fear. At one point one of the sheep who was not very friendly head-butted her and knocked her over. She didn't even flinch, she just got up and moved on to a more friendly "puppy". That about sums up our zoo adventure. Addi could have spent all day petting the animals, but we eventually had to leave. She fell asleep the minute we got in the car, having sweet dreams of being a zoo keeper I'm sure.