Hot Child in the City

Well ok, she's a toddler not a child, but the zoo is kind of in the city. I mean, you have to take I65 to get there so that counts as the city right? At least it was hot...no mistaking that!

Avery and Tania invited Lilly and I for a day at the zoo before their pass expires. We had a great time in the sweltering heat, and shockingly enough, most of the animals were more active than I have ever seen them at a zoo. Especially the bears, they were swimming when we got to their enclosure and when they got out of the water they chased each other and wrestled throughout their entire exhibit. Very exciting.

Lilly can only say and identify a few animals so most of the animals at the zoo get classified into these small groups. The lions and the tiger obviously are 'kitties', pronounced 'keys'. The bears are 'ber', and almost everything else is a 'gie' (doggie) or a 'caaaaw' (cow). But the best was when she looked into the rhino exhibit and saw a rhino right in front of us, almost close enough to touch and said 'peeg?'. Which is Lilly speak for, "excuse me mother, is that animal a pig?".

But, back to the point. It was very hot at he zoo...almost 100 degrees, so we spent most of our time at the water playground. And here are the pictures to prove it.

At the penguin exhibit we let the girls out of their strollers. While I was repacking Lilly's snack she started to take off. Tania casually said to Avery, "hold Lilly's hand"...and she did. So cute.

Avery running through the sprinklers. Running was not allowed, but that Avery, she's a rebel!

Lilly trying to catch the water. She was unsuccessful.

We desperately hoped that the sprinkler would turn on at this exact moment, but no luck. Both girls got up and moved on just in time. Tania and I were deeply disappointed, does that make us bad mothers?

Playing in the sprayer.

This red panda really captured the mood for our entire group. Hot and exhausted.