Day 14 Gratitude – World class zoo in my backyard; well almost
From Dr. Seuss' "If I ran the zoo"
My new zoo, McGrew zoo, will make people talk.
My new zoo, McGrew zoo, will make people gawk.
Taking advantage of the plus 1 degree warm weather (that is 32 degrees for my US readers) G and the kids made the short trip to spend the afternoon at to the
Toronto zoo while I stayed at home and sloshed my way through two gallons (that is 9.5 litres for us Canadians) of paint fixing up the basement walls.
Now we are no strangers to the zoo (please try and restrain yourselves from too many comments), and have be members (not residents) since E was a baby and have found that visiting in the winter months is great as the animals are much more active than they are in the hot summer months, and there are no crowds to deal with.
Today the kids came back more animated as usual and could barely contain themselves while trying to tell me, talking over each other as they spoke, about the baby orangutan they had seen today. They chatted on for a good five minutes about this cute primate. When I asked what else they saw they each names several animals; arctic wolf, polar bears, spectacled cobra, Siberian tiger, snowy owl (just like Hedwig from Harry Potter E reminded me), and did I mention the orangutans. It occurred to me how great it is that my kids get to see and learn about more animals first hand than the raccoons and rabbits that frequent our yard. I am sure when I was five I didn’t know that orangutans stayed with their mother for seven years, or that like humans they have a set of 32 teeth only with two much larger point (canine) teeth. Things a five year old can say that make you go “Huh”.
So I am grateful to have such an entertaining and educational resource almost in my back yard, and that it offers up something different each time we go.
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