zoo.

i figure this is as good a way as any to put off cleaning the kitchen.  maybe i'll type another tomorrow to put off that laundry that needs to be done.

annslee had her very first trip to the zoo on monday.  it was a preschool field trip of sorts.  i worked it out so that most of my preschool co op class could all go together...and i think everyone really had fun.  i'm gonna be real honest.  i'm not really a "zoo" kinda girl.  don't get me wrong...i like animals and everything.  but...they don't even have horses there.  and this is a fact that really bothered flicka as well.  the day before we went...i asked her,

"so annslee???  are you excited to go to the zoo tomorrow?"

annslee:  "no."

me:  "but there will be animals there!!  that will be so exciting!!"

annslee (a little more excited):  "oh...ok."

me:  "what animal are you most excited about seeing?"

annslee:  "the horses!!!!"

should have thought that one through.  so i told her that the zoo didn't actually haaaaaave horses...but that they did have a koala!  and that's super cool since i call you my little koala sometimes!

"yes!  i'm excited to see the koala!" she giggled.

guess which zoo got rid of their koala?

it's ok.  she took rock star barbie with her and proceeded to sing taylor swift's weEEEEEE are never ever ever getting back together through the entire giraffe, hippo, and primate habitat while holding rock star barbie's microphone to her mouth.

"hey...rock star barbie...look at that thing that they are trying to tell me is a striped horse."

 

"have you met rock start barbie?"

 

we did stumble upon some white tailed deer.  i found it interesting that no one else was excited about this.  they just passed right on by...barely even glancing their way.  there were no children who were standing by the railing to their pen.  there were no mom's taking their picture. i heard someone even say,

"oh...that's just a white tailed deer."

like no big thing.

and i wanted to jump up and down and excitedly scream,

"THIS IS MY FAVORITE ANIMAL!!!!  I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE IS ONE LAYING RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF ME!!!  AREN'T THEY THE MOST GRACEFUL THINGS IN THE WORLD???"

i sort of did do that.  but there was no one around to hear me except annslee.

 

and my girl was excited.

and just as i'm typing this...aiden walked up beside me and asked what these pictures were from.  i said, "the zoo."  and she exclaimed, "YOU SAW A DEER!!!!"

that's my girl.

 

i can only imagine "WHERE IS ROCK STAR BARBIE????" when i look at this picture.

 

i've sorta been thinking about why i'm not really a zoo person...and i don't really have an answer.

i do know...that if you took me to a horse ranch...

where white tailed deer come out in the evening...

i would be hard pressed to contain my enchantment.