There was a new tiger exhibit at the really fantastic Sedgwick County Zoo this time home, so we headed across town to play with the animals for the day....
P was thrilled Grams had a stroller with which he could be regally rambled. (He's been on a Huge no walking kick for a bit now :( Just about the time I started occasionally turning down his request to be lugged about the city (almost 40 pounds in addition to the enormous day pack I cart around and his scooter and his bag... well, any Mama not sporting a mei tai for the day (or drinking mai tias all afternoon) remembers they only have two arms and one back. However, the child does not accept this as fact and feels immensely slighted, which has resulted in him pushing the preference at every turn. And, sans car, something has to give for us to go. I am usually that thing that gives, which is, of course, exactly what the little man is betting on.:) There was no deal making at the zoo though, as he was perambulated per his instructions from one creature to another....
He loved the numerous artistic renderings, and the water spraying swing. My mom caught a shot of us enjoying some of the art - it really is a lovely zoo.
He also loved the hippo skull. The hippo tank itself had been too recently blessed with hippo droppings to see through (though he patiently stood waiting for a dark shape to move through the murk!) so P amused himself with the hippo sculpture and comparisons between the art and the skull. The size blew him away. His obsession with skulls blows me away :)
But he really, really loved the tigers. They were laying against the glass wall in their new space, just lounging, mere centimeters from P's face. They were Huge. And Gorgeous. And the exhibit was masterfully done, chalk full of just the right details and tidbits. P soaked it up, twice repeating his favorite new knowledge: four inch fangs!!!
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