It was a nice cool summer day so we ventured over to Como Zoo again. It is just the perfect size for Penelope's attention span.
Penelope and I rode the carousel for the first time. It is over 100 years old and all the horses are made of wood.
She didn't want to ride the horse so we sat in the chariot. Good thing...I think I would have gotten too dizzy to hold her steady the whole time.
"Hi Daddy!!"
Waving to Daddy as we go by.
Isn't the mommy and baby orangutan so cute? She was actually angry with the little one for stealing her leaves. At first I thought this was pretty mean, but then I remembered at breakfast how Penelope licked all the jelly off her toast and then took my toast and licked it too. Then I felt bad for the mom. She doesn't get to head off for a mani/pedi or go to book club when she needs time to relax. And the dad did not seem helpful at all. He was cracking a coconut with his bare hands and pushed the mama away when she asked for some.
We also went into the butterfly exhibit for the first time. It was amazing!! They also had these little mesh bags with butterflies. I thought people were buying dead butterflies. The zookeeper explained that the butterflies had come out of their cocoons that morning. The zookeepers put them in the bags before they tried out their wings. Then for $1 zoo patrons get to use a little stick to pull the butterfly out of the bag and free it. I guess any butterfly can survive in these little bags for 24 hours. Not sure of the life span of the butterfly, but that seems kind of long, doesn't it? Chris and Penelope freed the butterfly. In the photo she is trying to keep butterflies away from her. Kind of funny that she loved watching and touching caterpillars in the spring, but was pretty scared of butterflies.
I wanted to take photos of Penelope enjoying the seal show, but it was at 11:30 and lunch is the only thing Penelope is interested in at that time.
Me, Penny, and the giraffes. Every day friends, family and strangers comment about how much Penelope looks like me. I only see it sometimes...this picture we look a lot alike!
Another pic of the little guy. I'm sure his mom's hard feelings were over by the time the leaves were eaten.
2 comments:
Ha ha I'm laughing so hard about the stingy dad Orangutan! And the baby is super cute. We had a baby Orangutan at the Phoenix zoo last year and I seriously stood there for an hour just watching him. In that exhibit it was the mom, dad, baby and grandma. The dad didn't help at all over here either. And neither did the grandma. And come to think of it the mama was trying to sleep and the baby kept bothering her. Hmmmmm......funny how similar our lives are. (well minus the lazy husband and grandma - I don't think that's the case for either of us).
What a fun day!!!! So glad you have such a wonderful carousel to enjoy!!!!
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