The Zoo, Take Two

Last year, we took the Beans on their first trip to the Detroit Zoo with Aunt DaDa. They were nine months old and didn’t really pay attention to anything. This year was a different story.

We went on Memorial Day and the Beans couldn’t have had a better time. Scratch that, they would have had an even better time had they been able to see the polar bears up close and personal. As it was, the exhibit was crowded and the line was too long to consider waiting in the 80+ degree sun with two tired Beans.

They loved the penguins and the monkeys, were a bit put off by the lizards and snakes and hated the fact that they had to share their Dippin Dots with Momma Bean and Daddy Bean.

The best is listening to the Beans shout out their animal sounds while we pointed each animal out. My personal favorite is the “Monkey” which Miss A. has got down pat. I think next time we’ll bring a little picnic with us, as Momma Bean may or may not have acquired a bit of food poisoning on an otherwise wonderful outing to the zoo.