Tadpole goes to the zoo
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la_rainetteBeautiful day today, so I dispatched older tadpole (5-year-old froglet, really) off to school, and took baby tadpole to the Toronto zoo.
She knows the place quite well, so I simply tagged along as she went to see the giant Brazilian cockroaches ("Ewwwwww!", she squealed happily), the octopus ("Ewwwwwww! Yucky!"), the pigmy marmouset ("Ewwwwwwww" - actually rather cute, but oh boy, the stench!), the Komodo Dragon ("EWWWWWWWW!"), various kinds of vile-looking stick insects ("Yuckyyyyyyyyy! Look, mommy! Yuckyyyyyyyyyy!"). I briefly hoped for a reprieve when we got to the cuddly-looking tree-kangaroo and the very pretty crowned pigeons. Around us, a group of teenagers were going "ooooh!" and "aahhhhh!". Suddenly, one of them started to giggle and elbowed another one in the ribs.
It turned out their focal point was now tadpole, raptly examining the contents of the closest garbage can. "Look, mommy. Poubelle!" she beamed. "EEEEEWWWWWWWWWW!" OK, sweetpea, I get the message. Let's go see the warthogs and spiders now, why don't we?
*sighs*
Actually, she decided she wanted to see the wolves, down at the Canadian domain, which is at the bottom of a Very Steep Hill, past the many warning signs ("no exit", "steep hill ahead" "not recommended for strollers and wheelchairs" - I kept waiting for the "last gas station before death valley" sign, but that one never showed up). So we went all the way down to the arctic wolves. They were asleep, or maybe just exhausted because of the heat (how on earth they will make it thought the summer I do not know). Tadpole took one good look, decided they were "doogies" and promptly lost interest, asking me to go see the lions instead, you know, in the African section. On top of that hill.
At which point I would have uttered a few creative curses if I hadn't been utterly out of breath.
The whole thing turned out to be a good workout though. I think I'm going to have a few pieces of Valrhona chocolate now, as a reward.
She knows the place quite well, so I simply tagged along as she went to see the giant Brazilian cockroaches ("Ewwwwww!", she squealed happily), the octopus ("Ewwwwwww! Yucky!"), the pigmy marmouset ("Ewwwwwwww" - actually rather cute, but oh boy, the stench!), the Komodo Dragon ("EWWWWWWWW!"), various kinds of vile-looking stick insects ("Yuckyyyyyyyyy! Look, mommy! Yuckyyyyyyyyyy!"). I briefly hoped for a reprieve when we got to the cuddly-looking tree-kangaroo and the very pretty crowned pigeons. Around us, a group of teenagers were going "ooooh!" and "aahhhhh!". Suddenly, one of them started to giggle and elbowed another one in the ribs.
It turned out their focal point was now tadpole, raptly examining the contents of the closest garbage can. "Look, mommy. Poubelle!" she beamed. "EEEEEWWWWWWWWWW!" OK, sweetpea, I get the message. Let's go see the warthogs and spiders now, why don't we?
*sighs*
Actually, she decided she wanted to see the wolves, down at the Canadian domain, which is at the bottom of a Very Steep Hill, past the many warning signs ("no exit", "steep hill ahead" "not recommended for strollers and wheelchairs" - I kept waiting for the "last gas station before death valley" sign, but that one never showed up). So we went all the way down to the arctic wolves. They were asleep, or maybe just exhausted because of the heat (how on earth they will make it thought the summer I do not know). Tadpole took one good look, decided they were "doogies" and promptly lost interest, asking me to go see the lions instead, you know, in the African section. On top of that hill.
At which point I would have uttered a few creative curses if I hadn't been utterly out of breath.
The whole thing turned out to be a good workout though. I think I'm going to have a few pieces of Valrhona chocolate now, as a reward.
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