Oscar’s First Show

The zoo is celebrating its 80th anniversary and decided to put on a show for the kids.  We got up early to enjoy the early admission and members’ show, which I thought would be better than going to the general show, where I figured there would be hundreds of kids.  Yep, there were hundreds of kids at the show we passed as we left, but there were just as many at 8:30 this morning.  Kind of crazy, really.  Don’t people sleep?  Oscar wasn’t a big fan of the performance, so we left to go to the zoo’s park, and climbed the slide, played on the swings and talked to the resident peacock.  I figured we  were done, but Oscar started leaning me towards the savanna (the African exhibit), where we saw many giraffes, including a baby, birds I didn’t recognize and many gorillas, antelope like creatures, an ostrich and a zebra.  He then wanted to see the lemurs and meercats, and we also went to the petting zoo.  But that’s not all, I put him into his stroller, and he jumped out and started running all over the place.  It was insane.  He was having the time of his life.  He ran to the turtle hatchery, saw the owls and on and on.  I’ve never seen him like this.  We decided to reward his good behavior with his first two rides on the carousel (which is a big deal to me, since they make me really dizzy).  It was fantastic.  Sadly, it all came crashing to an end the moment we got into the house.  He’s been screaming ever since – someone is overtired and refusing to take a nap.  But at least we have the morning.

Oh, and this – THIS is the llama that spat on me.  I was telling Oscar how beautiful it was and it bared its teeth at me (all while I’m saying “oh and look at its beautiful teeth”) and wham!  he snorted right into my face.  I don’t like llamas anymore.

June 27, 2009 - Posted by Oscar and Etta's mom | Oscar