Daddy Time is a Zoo

This past week gives new meaning to "it's been a zoo." Zoos have been the theme of this (a bit more than a) week long leave period. C's so interested in animals, we decided to go to the zoo out by Salina where we used to live. I told her a day or so beforehand that "we're going to go to a zoo," and she didn't stop talking about it until we got there. She told anyone who would listen that "I'm going to see giraffes! and Monkeys!" She wasn't disappointed either. As soon as we arrived at Rolling Hills Zoo, we headed straight to the giraffes. I think she could have sat and watched them for the few hours we'd allotted for the zoo. Then she discovered that there were more than giraffes at a zoo. We walked the rest of the zoo, and she looked excitedly at each one, and quickly said "let's see another one!" She tried valiantly to stay awake to see more and more, but with the heat of the day she tuckered out by the time we had lunch. After seeing what a hit the zoo was, we decided to take a trip up to Omaha to the Henry Doorly Zoo where we spent the day with our friends Tom and Jen, experienced zoo-goers. They go so often that they knew about the bridge where you can feed the fish, so they brought bread for us. I think that was the hit of the day for C. She got to throw bits of almost a half a loaf of bread out to the fish and she laughed the whole time. The zoo has had several facility improvements since the last time F and I were out there. I was very impressed, but the hills still wore me out. C walked a good portion of the zoo, and decided to do her impression of the monkeys while we were in the big-cat house. We only got to see half the zoo before C and I were both "done." After two zoos, you'd think we were done, but no, we finished off the week with a trip to the Kansas City Zoo. After the wild animal carousel, which we saw right away ("let's go ride Mommy!") this time, the lions were the big hit. C wanted to see the giraffes, but was insistent on seeing the lions. There was a lioness up next to the viewing glass and C had to compare her "paw" with the lioness's. I'm thinking a season pass to the zoo may not be a bad idea.