Hogle Zoo

It may be stereotypical, but while the boys all went to the Dew Tour Faith and I opted for a girl's day at the Zoo. The week leading up to the trip she was so excited about the fact that she and I were going to get to spend the day together, just the two of us. She had been telling Wendy and her brothers and anyone that would listen that she was going to the zoo on Saturday all by herself with Mom. I was pretty excited, too.

It was so great to have the one-on-one time together. We did the zoo at her pace and went to see the things SHE wanted to see and do the things that SHE wanted to do without having to compromise on anything. She loved the baby elephant and its mama, liked the bird show and was amazed by the talking yellow parrot, rode the merry go round and the Zoo Train, and got to pick out a special souvenir from the zoo store. This last event took a good 45 minutes. She just could not decide between the stamp kit of zoo animals and a pink stuffed elephant with buggy eyes. She finally decided on the stuffed elephant (no big surprise there for me....). We stopped for lunch and headed back to the hotel for a much needed nap for both of us!

She is so much fun to hang out with. She still loves The Lion King and can quote LONG sections

of the movie verbatim and with the exact inflection from the show. She has one soliloquy that we just have to get on video. We checked out a Lion King book from the library the other day and she notices every inconsistency and points them out to me. As "girlie" as she is, she's also starting to copy her brothers wannabe skater talk and saying things like, "Hey, yo yo!" and wanting to ride her scooter and bike with them out front and around the block. She is dressed today for the Boise State game in a too big t-shirt and is intent on carrying the Boise State flag we have and cheering for the team- even though she has very little interest in the actual game!

My little girl- already 3 1/2 years old. I am cherishing this time I have with her.