It’s all about the animals. On Monday the boys and I went up to Cal Tech for lunch and little turtle and fish watching. The campus is really a great place for Connor to play. It’s so pretty and there are lots of fun things to look at, including the pond loaded with fish and turtles. Connor was quite enamored with this little turtle. He desperately wanted it to fall in the water, but much to his dismay, it never did.
Then yesterday I decided to take the boys to the zoo. We saw all the standard zoo features: giraffes, elephants, a lion, gorillas, lemurs (C’s favorite), flamingos, etc. As we were leaving the lemur exhibit, we ran into a peacock on the loose. I’m not sure if they always let the peacock walk around the zoo or if it had escaped. Connor liked looking at it pretty close up with a bunch of other kids until it started to charge a little bit. The kids all freaked out and in the process knocked Connor over.
I love the zoo. Now that we are zoo members, I think we will be going quite frequently. One of my favorite animals to see are the monkeys with the red butts. I can’t wait to show them to Connor!
There were peacocks running loose at Nana and Pawpaw’s place when Derek and Bret were little. They loved to chase them, but of course, never managed to catch one. We saw them strutting all the time, but it was the screams that got to you. They sound just like a woman screaming for help. I’ll never forget the first time I heard one of them scream. I was being alone one evening with just the kids and I just knew somebody was getting murdered! Scared me to death!