A Trip to the Zoo

"want talk 'bout animals!"

That's been Celia's MO for quite some time now. She's been obsessed and thankfully Dave and I were able to take her to the Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia a couple of weeks ago. E and Hunt kept Bennett so it could be a Celia day. Dave took a Friday off of studying and we left at 7. Celia was so excited! It was hot as all get out but she did well, excluding one huge tumble over a stump which left her covered in black dirt head to toe. Other than that, it was an accident free day.

We started at the bears and moved on to the sea lions. She loved listening to the sea lions "talk" and tried to talk back often. She bought carrots to feed the giraffes but they weren't interested so she fed them to a goat instead. We watched a penguin feeding show and saw the beasts of the field, though honestly not that impressive. Both the lions and tigers were hot and sleeping. One favorite thing was watching the gorillas. She was a little nervous but clearly entertained.

Since the zoo trip, she continues to request animal conversations but now is much more capable at holding up her end of the conversation. Also her love/hate relationship with Chaka the gorilla has caused me a few trips to her room in the middle of the night due to a shadow on her wall that she swears is a gorilla. We're still working on that one!