It was so much fun getting out and letting Amanda run around - all while seeing lots of brand new things! There were of course TONS of monkeys (which were a huge hit - Amanda loved watching the chimpanzees play), tigers and bears. Jason's and my favorite animal had to be the liger, though. Seriously, we really had no idea they actually existed! ;) Well, they do - and it was HUGE!
Apparently they only live in captivity - the two species don't ever actually cross in the wild. Huh - who knew??
Amanda's little pointer finger was going CRAZY in the zoo! Whenever she sees something new or that she's curious about, she points at it. Well, that was just about everything we saw today, so her finger must have been getting tired!
Amanda repeated the names of all of the animals we saw- she got really good at saying "tiger" and "panda"!
Overall it was a really fun trip, with only some small challenges when she wanted to go a different direction than we did - and we would expect nothing else from a nearly three-year-old! The excursion ended with Amanda's first real ride on BahBah's shoulders as we walked back to the van. At first she was pretty wary, so she kept a death-grip on Jason's ear, just in case.
And yes, she sucks her thumb, just like her Mama did. ;)
We got to watch the NYC ball drop on TV this afternoon at 1:00 pm here - so Happy New Year to EVERYONE now! ;)
I love the death grip on JP's ear! I love reading your entries everyday. Keep it up! You guys rock.
ReplyDeleteLiger! Hahaha! All I can think of is Napoleon Dynomite drawing them. Cute pic of A grabbing J's ear. Love and miss you!
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