Today, my boy and I went to the zoo together, and had a BLAST! Seriously, it was so much fun. And because it was just the two of us (and a lightweight single stroller), we covered some serious ground. We saw bears, elephants, llamas, meerkats, orangutans, hippos, gorillas, chimpanzees, lions, okapis... You name it, we pretty much saw it! 
Nikos had a few funny moments. He ADORED the llamas, as usual. He waved to them, said "hi" to them, and tried (unsuccessfully) to climb into their enclosure. Haha! The kid likes llamas! Then he had a little freak-out by the bears. A big spectacled bear was lumbering around the enclosure, so I lifted Nikos up to see. He went from wanting to see bears to wanting to be as far away from them as humanly possible! He kept saying "Bears gonna get me! Bears gonna get me!" Poor guy! He was, however, fine with the pandas. Maybe he doesn't consider them bears?? Anyway, the new baby was out in the enclosure, and he was a cutie. Nikos kept saying, "Baby panda is seeping. Is taking a nap!" ♥
He was also funny at the gorilla exhibit. He was DYING to see the gorillas... He talked about them all morning! But when we got there, he was way more interested in the bronze gorilla statues than in the real variety. Except he was also afraid of the statues. He couldn't pull himself away from them, but he refused to get too close or (heaven forbid!) TOUCH one! It cracked me up! 
And not five minutes later, he was climbing all over the bronze hippo statue. I guess I shouldn't tell him how deadly hippos can be... ;)
After that, we went to grab a bite to eat at one of the zoo eateries. Now, Nikos has been sitting in "big boy chairs" for months now, but he took one look at the plastic highchairs and HAD to sit in one. Silly kid! Anyway, he had a hot dog and some apple juice, and we had an excellent discussion about the various babies sitting at different tables nearby. He kept reiterating that Maya was "at Bonnie's house," which was too adorable!
And the sign of a successful zoo visit: on the way home, my little guy simply couldn't keep his eyes open any more. It wasn't even naptime yet! But aside from a brief, half-waking when we got home, he's been asleep ever since...
No comments:
Post a Comment