A family trip to the Zoo!

My wife just reminded me that I should blog about our family trip to the zoo last Sunday. I think she figures that I will have something funny to say about it. Hmmm....Ok let me think. Let's start with the assumption that on a Sunday afternoon there certainly wouldnt be that many people wanting to go to the Zoo. Isnt that supposed to be a Saturday thing? Yeah, not so much! We leave work/church and get to the zoo about 2:00pm. We were directed to some remote lot outside of the main parking area and from there all the way to the back of the lot. We had to be one of the last spots on the remote parking lot. We dressed into shorts while in the car (which was acrobatic to say the least) and head out on our adventure to find the front gate. After wandering the wilderness for 40 years we find it. This is where God has not given any of us a gift. We ask CJ to choose a ticket line and sure enough he picks the slowest one. <- Yet again proof that he's my child! Ok so we get our tickets, we get in and head off towards the monkeys. Always great stuff at the monkey's. CJ feels right at home! Lily wonders why the one monkey has a big red thing hanging from it's butt! I tell her it's just a built in seat cushion. She just agreed. We ride the train over to the Texas themed part of the Zoo. We saw some cool stuff and let the kids play in the a barn/playground. Unfortunately we had to stop that short since some child decided to emulate the zoo animals and just relieve themselves on the floor. We're outa there! We then go and see a cool weather show and then to a part of the zoo that highlighted Texas animals. They were the ones wearing goofy hats and Wranglers yelling out "howdy Yall!"
We then move on to CJ's favorite parts - The Snakes! Snakes are just creepy. You can't pet a snake or play fetch. You can't even speak to snake like you would a cute fuzzy zoo animal. For example: You see a baby panda bear, you say "Awwww look at the cute little panda bear. (in a much higher baby voice) 'Hi little panda wanda, arent you so cute?'" If you see a snake you never find yourself saying "Awwww look at the slimy venomeous snake, hi little snakey wakey." You'd probably find yourself saying "SNAKE! AAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" as your run away screaming like a little girl. I know I would.
Ok so we get to see the crocs and the dragon (which according to CJ breathes fire) and we got to see the Lion. The lion was cool! He roared for us...no kidding a full fledged roar. It was intense...It literally shook the ground. This was a true highlight of the trip. Speaking of highlights, Amy and I agree that the funniest highlight was not an animal but instead something that CJ said. He read a sign that listed prices for different people and it said that Seniors get a discount. CJ read it like this "Hey look, sinners get a discount!". Now that's funny!.

So we ended up closing down the Zoo and when we finally got back to our car there was only 10 or 15 cars left in the whole lot. We get in and everyone but the driver went immedietely to sleep. I would have liked to sleep but they say that's illegal and somewhat dangerous. Why can't they make a car with a built in chauffeur? After all they can make a monkey with a built in seat cushion can't they?

I love my kids!
Brian