The Zoo Trip

The Zoo trip was fun. It was very HOT, 95 degrees. We arrived about 10:30 am. I was suprised at the big crowds of people. I decided to visit the zoo on Tuesday thinking it might not be crowded. But, I guess the YMCA of greater Tulsa, Church Groups from all over, and DayCares thought the same thing as me. Anyhow, despite the near heat stroke I had from pushing Wee One around in his off-road built stroller, and the lack of working water/pop machines along the way.....we really had fun.

The first thing we did was visit the chimps and Toddler Terror got an up close view of one eating an onion, it scared him at first, and Wee One covered his eyes.. it was cute.


The Zoo sign...I took this when we were leaving..


Look! Toddler Terror and I saw the snake feedings this morning......this is the garter snake eating a white mouse.


Wee one had to stay and watch until the whole mouse was ate. He thought that was cool. My kid is weird-kinda like me I think. The only pictures that turned out good were of the garter snake eating. The other 2 snakes had bad flash glares in the picture. Afterwards, the 'snake keeper' came out from behind the exhibit and watched the snakes thru the glass with us. He stood near us and offered some info. He was a guy who I thought was attractive in a "Stone Cold" Steve Austin way, while wearing khaki zoo clothes. Does Steve Austin still wrestle? I never followed that stuff but always did think he was hot. Yeah, I know, I think a lot of men are hot. Nothing wrong with looking at something appealing, right?


This is the WingsofWonder-live butterfly experience entrance. There were butterflys all over. It was so cool! The exhibit is more than 2,280 square feet and is covered with a light weight mesh to contain the butterflies. A “chrysalis house” is also neat to see, where we watched butterflies emerge from their chrysalis and prepare for flight. Toddler Terror was impressed and the butterflyzooguy was very nice about the whole thing when Toddler terror wanted to squash the poor butterfly. We didnt hang out too long because Wee One was getting tired by the time we reached the butterfly exhibit and was trying to dig around in the mini-waterfall and catch the butterflys.


Here comes the train we rode. Toddler Terror was well-behaved and an absolute angel on the entire round trip ride. But, he is fascinated with trains. We bought a new piece at Wal-Mart for his train set, a tunnel...just like the one we rode thru on this train.



Here is Wee one on the train. The first thing he did was put on his seatbelt (which was optional!) He rode just like that the entire ride, much to my relief.



Here is Wee One after the Zoo trip. He took a 4 hour nap! We went to the gift shop in search of a zoo t-shirt and a magnet but he saw these snakes and just had to have one. He hasnt let go of it since we bought it!

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Enough about the Zoo trip, it was fun and I still have 2 free admissons and 3 tokens for either the train or carousal rides. I think Ill save those for a fall trip, like maybe late October or early November when it cools off.

I was surfing the news a while ago. I was happy to see the Judge Spares Life of Lewis the Cat. I ve always felt that Lewis was wrongfully accused and his antics blown way out of proportion. I think Lewis had reason to attack those individuals. I hope he is able to obey the judge's orders and stay indoors 24/7. Poor Lewis!

Much to our misfortune, lastnite hubby and I witnessed the whole Connie Chung singing her version of "Thanks for the memories" at the farwell episode of maury's and her show on MSNBC(I think MSNBC,not sure). It was aired on another news channel and they played the whole thing. It was painfull but a bit laughable, especially when ms.Chung let out the loud grunt when she heaved herself off the piano......I think she has completely lost her mind or was under the influence of something very strong. I can also write a whole entry about her husband, Maury, and his fascination for unwed mothers with multiple kids by different fathers and also his fondness for crossdressers who actually appear to be real women.....