Yesterday I went with Ethan's pre-K class to the St Louis Zoo for a field trip. My friend Tracie has a son in Alaina's class as well as a daughter in Ethan's class so we took the two little ones along and rode together. That made the whole thing so much more fun as we gabbed the entire ride and the kids entertained each other a bit.
The zoo was busy and we had 15 kids so thankfully there were several teachers plus 6-8 parents. With frequent stops to count heads and matching t-shirts, we managed to not lose anyone. We were sooo hot until a well-timed visit to the penguin house which may have been the kids' all around favorite thing because the penguins and puffins are just so fun to watch. After that we were headed to the River's Edge where elephants, hippo's etc. are. Alaina and her friend Mason were riding in the zoo stroller discussing things when the following snippet was heard "Alaina, we're gonna see elephants next". "Yeah, elephants got big ears like my Daddy". Too funny
One thing that stood out about this trip to the zoo was that there happened to be loads of babies right now and all the animals were out and even interacting. The baby boom included five tiger cubs who were frolicking like crazy, a baby giraffe, baby elephant and three Mongolian Wild A__ babies. One mother answered the "what's that animal called" question with "let's read the sign, it says Mongolian Wild Aaaaa____donkey. Because let's face it, the pre-K crowd finds enough excuses to use those hilarious potty words.
Another thing was one giraffe that hung out right by all the kids and took leaves and grass from their hands. Also, there were a number of zookeepers posted by the exhibits to talk to the kids about the various animals. Of course, Ethan loved the snake house and insectarium with its variety of tarantula's and other creepy crawlies.
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